Is one of Barbara Pym's richest and most amusing high comedies. Mildred lathbury is a Clergyman's daughter and a mild-mannered spinster in 1950s England. She is one of those "Excellent Women," The smart, supportive, repr...Is one of Barbara Pym's richest and most amusing high comedies. Mildred lathbury is a Clergyman's daughter and a mild-mannered spinster in 1950s England. She is one of those "Excellent Women," The smart, supportive, repressed women who men take for granted.