Pretty, fashionable and middle-class, Francesca worked as a typist in London and had a keen interest in amateur dramatics and a fine singing voice. An avid reader of novels - with a taste for the fantastic - she was a fan of Nathaniel Browne's work before meeting him aboard the Viceroy of India.

• She is travelling to India with her friend Patricia Berry to holiday with relatives.
• Francesca and Nathaniel became inseparable since first meeting, and its was clear to all who know them that they were falling in love.
• Nathaniel married Francesca after his return from Drakmar, in 1931, and two had their only child, Andrew Frederick Browne in 1937.
• Francesca unfortunately died during a blitz raid in 1941.