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His gratuities were 'Damn your eyes, you fat bottle-washer, being his name for butler. /My/ eyes, mind you, Ann, not Alfred's or William's, and that because he had tumbled over his own rugs. Gentleman! Why, I name him a hog with his litter." "Hogs don't have litters, Mr. Moxley," observed Ann smartly. "Well, young woman, if there weren't no hogs, there'd be no litters, so there!
One of the new duties would be to run about and see people; Madame's nerves were not quite all they used to be, and the hurried traffic of the street frightened her. Next to Madame, Gertie would be considered, so to speak, as head cook and bottle-washer. Gertie, collecting all this information, wondered how it would be possible to let Henry Douglass know that she was making important progress.
Immediately behind them, on the steps of the baronial halls, were ranged his retainers, led by the chief cook and bottle-washer, and head crumb-remover.
"Woman, Padre" nodding to the priest, and rubbing his chin so that it rasped like sand-paper "Woman, my druggist" throwing a sly look at the Chemist "woman, neither as cook nor bottle-washer, is what he needs.
He performed a great flourish. "I ain't in the profesh, missy. I'm only chief clerk and bottle-washer round here; but " "Where is the doctor? That him reading down there? Can I ask him? I Oh! Ain't I scared!" He placed his big, cool hand over her wrist and his face had none of its smile. "I know you are, little missy. I seen it in you last night when you and and " "My my friend."
I watched her forestward progress; she sauntered for about thirty yards along the lake and presently sat down in plain sight under a huge live-oak. A few moments later I had completed my task as general bottle-washer, and I cast about for something to occupy me. First I approached and politely caressed the satiated dog.
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