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English
1823
The other type of servant girl on the stage  the villa servant girl  is a very different personage. She is a fetching little thing, dresses bewitchingly, and is always clean. Her duties are to dust the legs of the chairs in the drawing room. THE OTHER TYPE OF SERVANT GIRL ON THE STAGE THE VILLA SERVANT GIRL IS A VERY DIFFERENT PERSONAGE SHE IS A FETCHING LITTLE THING DRESSES BEWITCHEDLY AND IS ALWAYS CLEAN HER DUTIES ARE TO DUST THE LEGS OF CHAIRS IN THE DRAWING ROOM
having a lark with the poor girl. The lodging-house slavey brushes her hair with the boot brush and blacks the end of her nose with it. We were acquainted with a lodging-house slavey once--a real one, we mean. She was the handmaiden at a house in Bloomsbury where we once hung out. She was untidy in her dress, it is true, but she had not quite that castaway and gone-to-sleep-in-a-dust-bin appearance that we, an earnest student of the drama, felt she ought to present, and we questioned her one day on the subject. "How is it, Sophronia," we said, "that you distantly resemble a human being instead of giving one the idea of an animated rag-shop? Don't you ever polish your nose with the blacking-brush, or rub coal into your head, or wash your face in treacle, or put skewers into your hair, or anything of that sort, like they do on the stage?" She said: "Lord love you, what should I want to go and be a bally idiot like that for?" And we have not liked to put the question elsewhere since then. WING HERSELF UPON ALL THIS TIME SOMEBODY IS HAVING A LARK WITH THE POOR GIRL THE LODGING HOUSE SLAVEY BRUSHES HER HAIR WITH THE BOOT BRUSH AND BLACKS THE END OF HER NOSE WITH IT WE WERE ACQUAINTED WITH A LODGING HOUSE SLAVEY ONCE A REAL ONE WE MEAN SHE WAS THE HANDMAIDEN OF THE HOUSE IN BLOOMSBURY WHERE WE ONCE HUNG OUT SHE WAS UNTIDY IN HER DRESS IT IS TRUE BUT SHE HAD NOT QUITE THAT CASTAWAY AND GONE TO SLEEP IN A DUSPIN APPEARANCE THAT WE AN EARLY STUDENT OF DRAMA FELT SHE OUGHT TO PRESENT AND WE QUESTIONED HER ONE DAY ON THE SUBJECT HOW IS IT SOPHRONIA WE SAID THAT YOU DISTANTLY RESEMBLE A HUMAN BEING INSTEAD OF GIVING ONE THE IDEA OF AN ANIMATED RAG SHOP DON'T YOU EVER POLISH YOUR NOSE WITH A BLACKINGBRUSH OR RUB COAL INTO YOUR HEAD OR WASH YOUR FACE IN TRINKLE OR PUT SKEWERS INTO YOUR HAIR OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT LIKE THEY DO ON THE STAGE SHE SAID LORD LOVE YOU WHAT SHOULD I WANT TO GO AND BE A BALLY IDIOT LIKE THAT FOR AND WE HAVE NOT LIKED PUT THE QUESTION ELSEWHERE SINCE THEN
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