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The last service, compline, was said at 7 p.m. in winter, and at 8 p.m. in summer, after which the nuns were supposed to go straight to bed in the dorter, in which connexion one Nun's Rule ordains that 'None shall push up against another wilfully, nor spit upon the stairs going up and down, but if they tread it out forthwith'! They had in all about eight hours' sleep, broken in the middle by the night service.
At the top of the picture a priest with two acolytes prepares the sacrament; behind them stands the abbess, holding her staff and a book, and accompanied by her chaplain and the sacristan, who rings the bell; behind them is a group of four nuns, including the cellaress with her keys, and nuns are seen at the windows of the dorter above. PLATE V. The Ménagier's wife has a garden party
On'y las' week, she met my boy Tim on th' stairs, an' Tim hadn't said two words to 'er b'fore th' ol' man begin to holler. 'Dorter, dorter, come here, come here!" At this moment a young girl entered from the street, and it was evident from the injured expression suddenly assumed by the three gossipers that she had been the object of their discussion.
And if the dorter of the 'ouse don't get married that time, the money's put away and added to the pool for the next 'ouse-party." George gasped. This revelation of life below stairs in the stately homes of England took his breath away. Then astonishment gave way to indignation. "Do you mean to tell me that you you worms made Lady Maud the the prize of a sweepstake!" Albert was hurt.
"Then all at onct a thought came to me, an' I slipped the bridle an' saddle on her an' led her out at the back door, an' I scratched this on a slip of paper an' stuck it on the barn do': "'To old man Galloway: "'You wouldn't let me 'lope with yo' dorter, so I've 'loped with yo' filly, an' you'll never see hair nor hide of her till you send me word to come back to this house an' fetch a preacher.
'Well, he ses, 'I'll come when 'e ain't in, b' Gawd, I'll come when 'e ain't in. 'Oh, he's allus in when it means takin' care 'o me, I ses. 'Don't yeh fergit it, either. When it comes t' takin' care o' his dorter, he's right on deck every single possible time." After a time, she turned and addressed cheery words to the old man. "Hurry up th' fire, Daddie! We'll have supper pretty soon."
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