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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
·
George Gissing
100
At
a
public-house
you
expect
public-house
manners,
and
nothing
better
will
meet
you
at
most
of
the
so-called
inns
or
hotels.
It
surprises
me
to
think
in
how
few
instances
I
have
found
even
the
pretence
of
civility.
As
a
rule,
the
landlord
and
landlady
are
either
contemptuously
superior
or
boorishly
familiar;
the
waiters
and
chambermaids
do
their
work
with
an
indifference
which
only
softens
to
a
condescending
interest
at
the
moment
of
your
departure,
when,
if
the
tip
be
thought
insufficient,
a
sneer
or
a
muttered
insult
speeds
you
on
your
way.
One
inn
I
remember,
where,
having
to
go
in
and
out
two
or
three
times
in
a
morning,
I
always
found
the
front
door
blocked
by
the
portly
forms
of
two
women,
the
landlady
and
the
barmaid,
who
stood
there
chatting
and
surveying
the
street.
Coming
from
within
the
house,
I
had
to
call
out
a
request
for
passage;
it
was
granted
with
all
deliberation,
and
with
not
a
syllable
of
apology.
This
was
the
best
"hotel"
in
a
Sussex
market
town.
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