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men and guards, whose comfort and convenience she 

 studied with great care, their tariff being considerably 

 lower than that of her customers. 



She used to give all her coachmen and guards an 

 annual dinner, which lasted for three days, so as to 

 include them all as they arrived in town, which could 

 not have been accomplished had the entertainment 

 been restricted to one day only. 



A separate room was set apart for their exclusive 

 use, with a number seven on it, like a commercial 

 room. No other persons but the guards and coachmen, 

 or some one invited by them, were allowed to enter it. 



Their dinners consisted of soup, fowls, etc., for the 

 small charge of Is. 6d. ; and they had a whip among 

 themselves of 2s. 6d. for wine. They paid nothing 

 for their beds, but used to give the chambermaids two 

 guineas for a Christmas-box, and paid Is. a week to 

 the boots, and two guineas as a Christmas-box to the 

 waiter, who was said to have given £200 for his 

 situation. 



Twelve was about the usual number sitting down 

 to dinner, occasionally supplemented by the presence 

 df some 'swell,' admitted only on the invitation of 

 one of the privileged body. The noted Marquis of 

 "Waterford and his friend Captain Duff, together with 

 the Hon. Eobert Kenyon, usually known in his own 

 county as ' His Honour,' were occasional visitors, 



