Miss Spenser

In the novel They Came to Baghdad, Miss Spenser is a counselor at St Guildric's Agency, an employment bureau in London. Victoria Jones goes there in search of a job after she had been fired by Mr Greenholtz. On a whim, because Victoria had met and had fallen in love with Edward whom she had met in a park, she asks Miss Spenser if she had any openings which involved going to Baghdad.

Unlikely as that might seem, Miss Spenser calls the next day to say that there is one Mrs Hamilton Clipp is indeed looking for a companion to travel with her to Baghdad.