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English
1823
"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. 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
ff the mud, puts on the blacking, and polishes up all with the same brush. They take an enormous amount of polishing. She seems to do nothing else all day long but walk about shining one boot, and she breathes on it and rubs it till you wonder there is any leather left, yet it never seems to get any brighter, nor, indeed, can you expect it to, for when you look close you see it is a patent-leather boot that she has been throwing herself away upon all this time. Somebody has been 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.  CLEAN THEM TOO SHE RUBS OFF THE MUD PUTS ON THE BLACKING AND POLISHES THEM ALL UP WITH THE SAME BRUSH THEY TAKE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF POLISHING SHE SEEMS TO DO NOTHING ELSE ALL DAY LONG BUT WALK ABOUT SHINING ONE BOOT AND SHE BREATHES ON IT AND RUBS IT TILL YOU WONDER THERE'S ANY LEATHER LEFT YET IT NEVER SEEMS TO GET ANY BRIGHTER NOR INDEED CAN YOU EXPECT IT TO BECAUSE FOR WHEN YOU LOOK CLOSE YOU CAN SEE IT IS PATENT LEATHER BOOT THAT SHE HAS BEEN THROWING 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
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