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be no hours off, even on Saturday afternoon, 

 but on Sunday the lady might visit her 

 friends or otherwise take a view of the big 

 world outside from ten o'clock in the morning 

 till seven at night. 



On the other hand, I have in my mind Typical posts 

 two others at least which represent quite a 

 different side of the picture. The first where 

 a clever and very keen young student was 

 offered the post of head gardener, with a 

 man and boy under her, in a large garden 

 with glass. The lady herself, being deeply 

 interested in her garden, gives her young 

 head gardener much advice and help, to say 

 nothing of the stimulation of a most ob- 

 servant mind. A nice little cottage in the 

 grounds shelters the lady gardener and her 

 belongings, and an old woman "does" for 

 her. It is an excellent though a very re- 

 sponsible post, and seems likely to work out 

 very well. 



The second relates to two students who for 

 over two years now have together taken the 



