Miss Bulstrode (The Clocks)

In the novel The Clocks, Miss Bulstrode is a neighbour of Geraldine Brown, a young girl who lives with her father in a block of flats overlooking Wilbraham Crescent.

Geraldine told Colin Lamb how she once played a practical joke on Miss Bulstrode and Geraldine's Norwegian cook/housekeepr/au pair Ingrid. Ingrid had come to England to work and learn English and was slowly learning from Geraldine. Once she asked Geraldine for the English equivalent of "Auf Wiedersehen". Geraldine had told her it was "Get the hell out of here". Ingrid then went to try this expression on Miss Bulstrode, with unfortunate results.