What the Butler Saw: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Servant Problem |
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American asked attend au pair girl Augustus Hare better Britain butler called carriage carry century chauffeurs clean clothes coachman cook Countess of Aberdeen daily daughters dinner domestic servants domestic service door dress Duke Duke of Bedford duties employed employer employment English expected female servants footman French gentleman give governess groom guests guineas hall hired hobble skirt honour Horace Walpole horses household housekeeper housemaid Jonas Hanway keep kitchen labour lady helps Lady Troubridge lady's maid live livery London looked Lord Macdonald maidservant married menservants middle classes Miss Miss Hancock morning never nurse nursemaids nursery nursery maid persons Punch says servant girls servant problem slaves social society sometimes steward thought told turned upper servants vails valet wages week William William Hickey woman women servants writer young women