Up and Down Stairs by Musson Jeremy

Author:Musson, Jeremy [Musson, Jeremy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 2009-11-11T13:00:00+00:00

The valet starts the day polishing his master’s shoes and boots, checks that the housemaid has prepared the dressing room, and himself prepares the washing stand: ‘fill the ewer with clean soft water, and the caroft [carafe] with fresh spring water – The basins and towels, the hair nail, and tooth-brushes clean, and in their proper places; hot water, and all the necessary apparatus for shaving, quite ready; his dressing gown and slippers airing before the fire.’ The valet should then set out his master’s clothes for the day, ‘with a clean linen or brown Holland wrapper thrown over them, to save them from dust.’114

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