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If, on the other hand, you are reconciled not to worry much about prices, and if you do not grudge the traditional gifts of certain seasons, you can obtain what is probably the most efficient and devoted service in the world. Your head-servant will take the entire responsibility of your establishment.
The head-servant consented to this delay. The bailiff summoned all his clerks together, and they were to think the matter over, and give him advice.
While every one stood dismayed and wondering, the begrimed scullion boy timidly approached the distressed head-servant, and said, "If you will let me try, I think I can make something that will do." "You!" exclaimed the servant; "and who are you?" "I am Antonio Canova, Pisano's grandson," answered the pale-faced little fellow.
During this interval there were several new additions to our group, one or two of whom were in a working-garb, so that we formed a very miscellaneous collection of people, mostly unknown to each other, and without any common sponsor, but all with an equal right to look our head-servant in the face.
On one of these occasions, when the Signor Faliero was to entertain a very large company at dinner, young Canova was at work over the pots and pans in the kitchen. The head-servant made his appearance, just before the dinner hour, in great distress. The man who had been engaged to furnish the great central ornament for the table had, at the last moment, sent word that he had spoiled the piece.
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