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Most of them remained, formed between the house and the stables, while several, dismounting, ransacked the various outbuildings. The officer in command, accompanied by two men, walked up to the front door. All the blinds on that side were down. The officer told the servant who received him that he wanted to see his master.
"Three handsome rooms in one wing of the house on the first floor were given to the little lady and Harris; and an inferior female servant was provided to wait upon them in private, and a footman to attend the young lady in public.
And I've tried to give myself to the dear Saviour, and I hope I'll be His servant all the rest of my life. "I think He has forgiven me, and will you forgive me, too, papa? I'm to stay alone here in my room for a week. Mamma Vi says you said that was the way I should be punished, if I ever did that wicked thing again, and it isn't a bit worse than I deserve."
This we do faithfully, and the Chupprassee always reminds me of those tools we see advertised, which combine hammer, pincers, turnscrew, chisel, foot-rule, hatchet, file, toothpick, and life preserver. Mrs. Smart bewailed the bygone day when every servant in her house was a Government Chupprassee except the khansamah and a Portuguese ayah.
"First they thought of the old servant who was accustomed to blacken the boots of the cadets, and keep the dormitory in order but he was an old trusty non-commissioned officer, who had never during the course of his long life allowed himself to be guilty of the least irregularity. "It surely could not be one of the cadets? But who could possibly think such a thing?
In fine, not many days elapsed before he departed, with his governor and one footman, who had been an antient servant in the family.
Jean, who was both coachman and confidential servant, left his cards and came. "'Go to bed, all of you, said his master, beckoning him to come close; and the gentleman added in a whisper, 'When they are all asleep mind, asleep you understand? come down and tell me.
If homes were ideal, from the moment the little girl comes into the world, and even before her coming, sensible, rational care would be taken of her body, not only to make it beautiful but that it might do its work for her in healthful, normal fashion and be a good servant throughout her life.
"She shall have adventure enough," she declared. "I hear," John pursued, "that she does not expect her servant to return, whom she sent to Ascalon for proofs." "No?" the woman cried, sitting up. "How can she, when the siege is laid?" There was a moment of silence. The woman drew in a deep breath that was wholly one of relief. "Now what will she do?" she asked.
He had his own plans about Greenway: he was not far from Barbadoes, and when he left the harbour of Belize it would be of advantage to his peace of mind as well as to the comfort of a faithful old servant if he should anchor for a little while in the river below the town and put Ben Greenway on shore. Ben gave no further reason for quarrelling.
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