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Lesson 49 the ideal servant
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What was bessie's 'little weakness'
It is a good thing my aunt harriet died years ago
If she were alive today she would not be able to air her views on her favourite topic of conversation
Domestic servants
Aunt harriet lived in that leisurely age when servants were employed to do housework
She had a huge
Rambling country house called 'the gables'
She was sentimentally attached to this house
For even though it was far too big for her needs
She persisted in living there long after her husband's death
Before she grew old
Aunt harriet used to entertain lavishly
I often visited the gables when I was a boy
No matter how many guests were present
The great house was always immaculate
The parquet floors shone like mirrors
Highly polished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets
Even my uncle's huge collection of books was kept miraculously free from dust
Aunt harriet presided over an invisible army of servants that continuously scrubbed
Cleaned
And polished
She always referred to them as 'the shifting population'
For they came and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names
Though my aunt pursued what was
In those days
An enlightened policy
In that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day
She was extremely difficult to please
While she always criticized the fickleness of human nature
She carried on an unrelenting search for the ideal servant to the end of her days
Even after she had been sadly disillusioned by bessie
Bessie worked for aunt harriet for three years
During that time she so gained my aunt's confidence
That she was put in charge of the domestic staff
Aunt harriet could not find words to praise bessie's industriousness and efficiency
In addition to all her other qualifications
Bessie was an expert cook
She acted the role of the perfect servant for three years before aunt harriet discovered her 'little weakness'
After being absent from the gables for a week
My aunt unexpectedly returned one afternoon with a party of guests and instructed bessie to prepare dinner
Not only was the meal well below the usual standard
But bessie seemed unable to walk steadily
She bumped into the furniture and kept mumbling about the guests
And the pudding went flying through the air
Narrowly missed my aunt
And crashed on the dining table with considerable force
Though this caused great mirth among the guests
Aunt harriet was horrified
She reluctantly came to the conclusion that bessie was drunk
The guests had
Of course
Realized this from the moment bessie opened the door for them and
Long before the final catastrophe
Had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement
The poor girl was dismissed instantly
After her departure
Aunt harriet discovered that there were piles of empty wine bottles of all shapes and sizes neatly stacked in what had once been bessie's wardrobe
They had mysteriously found their way there from the wine cellar
