Yes, replying to you and buntyandjinx, I can see that this enormous house must take a lot of managing. But AF never really seems interested in Pam Marlow: she doesn't bother to give her any hobbies or committees or friends as far as I remember. I don't think we ever have a sense of where she is geographically except at mealtimes: we don't see her in the garden or chatting to Mrs Bertie. I think later on in PR we see her wrestling with the boiler.
Re: Catkin purchase - why?