[Flying Dutchman 01] - Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques

Author:Brian Jacques [Jacques, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-10-09T05:00:00+00:00

my dear, but I'm only a widow on a Royal Navy pension. I can understand you not liking to work for Smithers—I

wouldn't fancy the job."

Hetty pursed her lips as she sipped her tea. "No more you wouldn't, marm! That Obadiah Smithers, nasty bossy

man, always asking me t'leave the room, so he can talk business, if you please! Then there's the other young madam,

Miss Maud Bowe, wants waitin' on 'and an' foot. Wants to get back to Lunnon, that's what she needs t'do. An' that

young Master Wilfred, dirty towels, muddy bootmarks, bad manners. Cheeky wretch, you should see the mess he

leaves the bathroom in every day. But his mother won't hear a word said agin him. No, she drifts about there, givin'

her orders like she was a bloomin' duchess or somethin': 'I think we'll have the gammon for lunch, Hetty, boil those

potatoes until they're floury, Hetty, you may pour the tea, Hetty.' Humph! An' her the daughter of a Yorkshire sack an'

bag maker. Oh, I notice these things, y'know. There ain't many secrets in the Smithers 'ouse that Hetty Sullivan ain't

over'eard!"

Ben nodded sympathetically. "You haven't had it easy working for them, eh, Hetty?"

The maid primped at her lank, mousy hair. "I certainly 'ave not, Master Ben!"

Ben seemed very concerned at the maid's plight. "What'll you do for a job if Smithers carries out his plan and

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