In the novel The Secret of Chimneys, Mrs Caldicott and her husband are two of the tourists travelling with a tour in Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia. led by Anthony Cade organised by Castle's Select Tours. When see found out that morning tea at a cafe was not part of the tour price, she was proud that she had the foresight to pour some tea from the hotel into a jug and brought it along with her. This led Anthony Cade to remark what a lot of funny people there were in the world.