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English
1823
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. 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
wance for one profession. There is the lodging-house slavey. She has a good heart and a smutty face and is always dressed according to the latest fashion in scarecrows. Her leading occupation is the cleaning of boots. She cleans boots all over the house, at all hours of the day. She comes and sits down on the hero's breakfast-table and cleans them over the poor fellow's food. She comes into the drawing-room cleaning boots. She has her own method of cleaning them, too. She rubs off 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. HIS IS AN UNUSUAL ALLOWANCE FOR ONE PROFESSION THERE IS THE LODGING HOUSE SLAVEY SHE HAS A GOOD HEART AND A SMUTTY FACE AND IS ALWAYS DRESSED ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FASHION IN SCARECROWS HER LEADING OCCUPATION IS THE CLEANING OF BOOTS SHE CLEANS BOOTS ALL OVER THE HOUSE AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY SHE COMES AND SITS DOWN AT THE HERO'S BREAKFAST TABLE AND CLEANS THEM OVER THE POOR FELLOW'S FOOD SHE COMES INTO THE DRAWING ROOM CLEANING BOOTS SHE HAS HER OWN METHOD OF 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
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