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" All right, mamma, all right ! " said Angela, rather irritably. " He does, but you needn't think that he deceives anybody." " I don't wish that he should, dear ; far from it. The queen herself may know that he's hired for the evening for all that I care. THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. ' 5 When one is entertainino^ a o reat number of people, one supplements one's staff". The very best people have to do it." " Yes," drawled Angela, " but they have a staff to supplement. Ah, if we were only quite poor ALL RIGHT MAMMA ALL RIGHT SAID ANGELA RATHER IRRITABLY HE DOES BUT YOU NEEDN'T THINK THAT HE DECEIVES ANYBODY I DON'T WISH THAT HE SHOULD DEAR FAR FROM IT THE QUEEN HERSELF MAY KNOW THAT HE'S HIRED FOR THE EVENING FOR ALL THAT I CARE WHEN ONE IS ENTERTAINING A GREAT NUMBER OF ONE SUPPLEMENTS ONE'S STAFF THE VERY BEST PEOPLE HAVE TO DO IT YES DRAWLED ANGELA BUT THEY HAVE A STAFF TO SUPPLEMENT AH IF WE WERE ONLY QUITE POOR
t ; " so she concocted some flower-holders out of Japanese fans and some velvet that had been on the dress that she had worn when Maria was married. These things afterwards were transferred to a spare and permanently unoccupied bedroom. It was thought that 4 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. Angela had been responsible for their removal. Angela considered that the room was irre- deemable, and thought that cheap attempts at redemption humiliated her. It was late one evening. Mrs. Wycherley's guests had all gone ; she had interviewed the hired man in the hall, paid him, swung back into the room again with a declaration that Jameson was invaluable, and now sat down in her rocking-chair, facing her daughter, fanning herself rather vehemently with a fan that had been mended. " Oh yes, Angela, you may say what you like, but there's never any need to tell Jameson anything. Why he goes on the job instead of taking a permanent place is more than I can imagine. He's just the picture of the perfect butler. ALLED THOSE PRETTY TRIFLES THAT MAKE A ROOM LOOK BRIGHT SO SHE CONCOCTED SOME FLOWER HOLDERS OUT OF JAPANESE FENCE AND SOME VELVET THAT HAD BEEN ON THE DRESS THAT SHE HAD WORN WHEN MARIA WAS MARRIED THESE THINGS AFTERWARDS WERE TRANSFERRED TO A SPARE AND PREMATURELY UNOCCUPIED BEDROOM IT WAS THOUGHT THAT ANGELA HAD BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR REMOVAL ANGELA CONSIDERED THAT THE ROOM WAS IRREDEEMABLE AND THOUGHT THAT CHEAP ATTEMPTS AT REDEMPTION HUMILIATED HER IT WAS LATE ONE EVENING MISSUS WITCHERLY'S GUESTS HAD ALL GONE SHE INTERVIEWED THE HIRED MAN IN THE HALL PAID HIM SWUNG BACK INTO THE ROOM AGAIN WITH A DECLARATION THAT JAMESON WAS INVALUABLE AND NOW SAT DOWN IN HER ROCKING CHAIR FACING HER DAUGHTER FANNING HERSELF RATHER VEHEMENTLY WITH A FAN THAT HAD BEEN MENDED OH YES ANGELA YOU MAY SAY WHAT YOU LIKE BUT THERE'S NEVER ANY NEED TO TELL JAMIESON ANYTHING WHY HE GOES ON THE JOB INSTEAD OF TAKING A PERMANENT PLACE IS MORE THAN I CAN IMAGINE HE'S JUST THE PICTURE OF THE PERFECT BUTLER
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