Victorian Servants, A Very Peculiar History by Fiona Macdonald

Author:Fiona Macdonald
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gift, information, britain, royal, downton, england, women, girls, funny, quirky, odd, stories, facts, past, recipe, food, stately, rich, poverty, matriarch
ISBN: 9781908759467
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2012
Published: 2012-02-03T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t let them in!

Yes, you’ll be lonely, but don’t let that dashing young soldier who saluted you on the doorstep, or the butcher’s cheery errand boy, or the gossipy groom from over the road come to keep you company. Your mistress will scold you for entertaining ‘followers’ – and may even dismiss you.

10.30 p.m. Bedtime (at last)! Lock and bolt all the doors, then stagger – very, very sleepily – upstairs to bed. Say your prayers, and drift off to sleep thinking wistfully of your family and home in the country. How is your mother? Your father? Your big brother Joe and your little sister Lizzie? How’s your best friend Sue? She went to work in a stately home as a scullery maid. And how’s Jim the ploughboy, who’s so good-looking? You sigh as you remember that it will be almost a year before you see any of them again – you don’t get much holiday.

2.00 a.m. HORRORS! You wake up in a panic. What day will it be tomorrow? Or is it tomorrow already? According to Mrs Beeton, each day has extra household tasks for you, as well as your regular duties.

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