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" 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." 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
 to wall-decoration. Mr. Wycherley did not think the times were yet ripe for it to be superseded. He had said so more than once. Mrs. AVycherley rather believed in what she called " those pretty trifles that make a room look bright ; " 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. DADO DID NOT CONSTITUTE ART'S LAST WORD WITH REGARD TO ALL DECORATION MISTER WITCHERY DID NOT THINK THE TIMES WERE YET RIPE FOR IT TO BE SUPERSEDED HE HAD SAID SO MORE THAN ONCE MISSUS WITCHERY RATHER BELIEVED IN WHAT SHE CALLED THOSE PRETTY TRIFLES THAT MAKE A ROOM LOOK BRIGHT SO SHE CONCOCTED SOME FLOWER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
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