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Desire's pencil was flying over the paper. "'Wanted; a permanent situation in a pleasant family, as seamstress, by a young girl used to all kinds of sewing, who will bring her own machine. Would like a room to herself, and to have her meals orderly and comfortable, whether with the family or otherwise. Wages' What?"
Surely it was not necessary to stop so long with a seamstress, he continued when she tried to explain. Ten minutes would suffice for directions, and he could not imagine what attractions there were in Miss Hazelton to keep her there three hours, and then the real cause of his vexation came out.
At the moment when he had most difficulty in procuring a little bread each day for himself, Diderot conceived a violent passion for a seamstress, Antoinnette Champion by name, who happened to live in his neighbourhood. He instantly became importunate for marriage.
Among its officers there is a large percentage of the intellectual élite of the country; its rank and file embrace every occupation and every class of society, from the scion of royal blood down to the son of the seamstress. Although it is based upon the unconditional acceptance of the monarchical creed, nothing is farther removed from it than the spirit of servility.
I hope we have outgrown those superstitions," said Mrs. Makely, with a republican fervor that did my heart good. "It is a word that we apply first of all to the moral qualities of a person." "But you said just now that you sometimes forgot that your seamstress was not a lady. Just what did you mean by that?" Mrs. Makely hesitated.
She did not feel drawn to the melancholy seamstress, whose thin lips had a hard, cold curve. 'Were you reading when I came in? I'm afraid I have stopped you, said Gladys at length. 'Ay, I was readin' to Teen "Lord Bellew's Bride; or the Curse of Mountford Abbey." Splendid, isn't it, Teen? said Liz quite brightly. 'We buy'd atween us every week. I'll len' ye'd, if ye like.
Girls that make slop shirts and trowsers haven't much cause to stand on their dignity. Ha! ha!" The seamstress turned away quickly, and walked back to the desk where Berlaps stood writing. "Be kind enough, sir, if you please, to hand me three more of your fine shirts," she said, in a firm, but respectful tone.
She motioned but the others remained standing, their lean figures casting grotesque shadows in the flickering light of the candle. "This is the pattern of it," the little seamstress explained. "It's my house, Janet MacGregor, only it's dirty because while I was gone building my garden, some dirty filthy heathen came to live here. But now I'm home His Honor made them all go away.
"And coleoptera," said the soft rose-wife. She could ask him to bring them to us. Take us to him? Oh! eh her embarrassment made her prettier, as she broke it to us gently that the Baroness was a seamstress.
In the former sense it was still occupied by very respectable families, though none of them possessed much of the "goods that perish in the using" Mrs. Redburn, the seamstress, was very respectable; Mrs. Colvin, the washer-woman, was very respectable, so were Mrs. Howard, the tailoress, Mr. Brown, the lumper, and Mr. Sneed, the mason.
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