▁became ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁Alan ▁Ben nett , ▁later ▁a ▁regular ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁the ▁London ▁Review ▁of ▁Books . ▁Ben nett ▁said ▁about ▁Wil mers ' s ▁time ▁at ▁university : ▁" Out side ▁the ▁nov els ▁of ▁Nancy ▁Mit ford ▁or ▁Ev ely n ▁W augh , ▁I ▁had ▁never ▁come ▁across ▁anyone ▁who ▁behav ed ▁so ▁confident ly ▁or ▁in ▁such ▁a ▁cosm opol itan ▁fashion ". ▁For ▁the ▁week ▁of ▁her ▁final s ▁she ▁moved ▁into ▁the ▁Rand olph ▁Hotel , ▁stay ing ▁with ▁her ▁father ▁whose ▁presence ▁was ▁required ▁as ▁Wil mers ▁was ▁threaten ing ▁to ▁refuse ▁to ▁sit ▁the ▁ex ams . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁After ▁her ▁gradu ation ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁she ▁thought ▁about ▁becoming ▁a ▁transl ator ▁at ▁the ▁United ▁Nations , ▁but ▁instead ▁went ▁to ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁publish ers ▁Fab er ▁and ▁Fab er , ▁at ▁first ▁being ▁employed ▁as ▁a ▁secretary . ▁On ▁one ▁occasion ▁she ▁thought ▁she ▁might ▁be ▁s ack ed ▁for ▁saying ▁" bug ger " ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁T . ▁S . ▁Eli ot , ▁whose ▁letters ▁she ▁used ▁to ▁type ▁up . ▁She ▁later ▁became ▁an ▁editor ▁at ▁Fab er ▁and ▁Fab er , ▁and , ▁among ▁many ▁books , ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁commission ing ▁Eva ▁Fig es ▁to ▁write ▁Patri arch al ▁Att itudes , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁books ▁of ▁British ▁femin ism . ▁She ▁left ▁Fab er ▁aged ▁ 2 9 ▁to ▁become ▁deput y ▁editor ▁of ▁the