Mullard

In the novel Taken at the Flood, Old Mullard is the main gardener at Furrowbank. He is employed by Rosaleen Cloade and David Hunter, and he was presumably hired before the war by Gordon Cloade.

When Adela Marchmont visits Rosaleen to ask her for a loan, she remarks acidly that the widow has many gardeners who attend to her garden. Rosaleen counters that she believes they are short-handed, since Old Mullard needs two more men but cannot acquire any due to the post-war shortage of labour.