very intersting thoughts! Indeed, two more passages jumped at me, on the closeness between Vera and Winifred - one in particular, towards the end of the book, after quoting a couple of passages from correspondence with G., Brittain writes
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That spring, too, looked more per*son*ally hope*ful for our*selves than had any pre*vi*ous year.
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At this point I would have expected the sentence to continue with a "G.", whereas it reads
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Winifred was now con*tribut*ing notes and oc*ca*sional lead*ers to Times and Tide ...
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There were a couple more instances like that, were a "we both" surprised me by referring to Vera and Winifred, instead of Vera and Caitlin.