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take her meals with the butler and ladies' 

 maids ! ! The pampered menials of large 

 establishments must be such a suitable and 

 delightful class for a gentlewoman to asso- 

 ciate with ! of course they would feel it their 

 peculiar mission to make such " an inter- 

 loper's (?)" place as unpleasant as possible. 

 And the salary (or why not call it wages 

 straight away ?) something between a first 

 footman and a successful lady's maid. 



Take another instance, this time in France. 

 The lady gardener was to have the care of 

 the greenhouses and do table decorations, 

 but inasmuch as these occupations would not 

 fill up the stated hours, namely, 7 A.M. to 

 7 P.M., she was to give the intervening ones 

 to dusting the ivories and curios in the 

 picture gallery, and doing cross-stitch or 

 other needlework for her employer. Her 

 meals she was to have alone, and to keep 

 her own room entirely, making the bed, 

 sweeping and dusting the furniture, as well 

 as cleaning her own boots. There were to 



