[Vwoolf] E.C.??

[Edward Mendelson]

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Virginia Woolf at least twice writes in her diary about an “E.C.” where the sense seems to call for “W.C.”:

3 July 1919: "Nor is there hot water, nor a bath, & as for the E.C. I was never shown it.” 

1 October 1920: “execrable weather, no bath, one servant, & an E.C. down a winding glade.”

Am I misinterpreting E.C.? Does the E. perhaps stand for “eau”? Is there a private joke in which the “W” written sideways as an “E”? Am I missing the point entirely?

Enlightenment will be gratefully received.