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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
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Florence Hartley
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"There
is
one
thing
a
man
servant
values
beyond
all
that
your
kindness
and
your
consideration
can
do
for
him--his
liberty;
liberty
to
eat,
drink,
and
be
merry,
with
your
things
in
the
company
of
his
own
friends;
liberty
to
get
the
housemaid
to
clean
his
candlesticks,
and
bring
up
his
coals;
and
the
housemaid
wishes
for
liberty
to
lie
in
bed
in
the
morning,
because
she
was
up
so
late
talking
to
John
in
the
pantry;
liberty
to
wear
flounces
and
flowers.
The
cook
desires
liberty
too.
For
this
liberty,
if
you
grant
it,
they
will
despise
you;
if
you
deny
it,
they
will
respect
you.
Aim
at
their
esteem;
despair
of
their
love
or
gratitude;
make
your
place
what
the
best
class
of
servants
will
value,
and,
though
in
their
heart,
they
may
not
thank
you
for
it,
you
will
gain,
perhaps,
one
servant
out
of
twenty
who
will
keep
gross
imposition
and
gross
immorality
at
bay.
"These
remarks
can
never
be
intended
to
deny
the
warm
attachment
of
female
servants
to
the
children
of
their
employers.
Deep
love,
no
doubt,
is
lavished
by
many
a
woman
on
the
babe
she
has
nursed.
There
is
a
great
deal
to
be
said
on
the
chapter
of
nurses
which
would
require
to
be
dealt
with
by
itself.
Much
wisdom
is
required
in
the
administration
of
a
nursery,
to
which
few
general
rules
would
apply.
Cruel
is
the
tyranny
the
nurse
frequently
practises
on
the
parent,
who
often
refrains
from
entering
her
nursery,
not
from
want
of
love
to
her
children,
but
positive
dread
of
the
sour
looks
which
greet
her.
Let
her
be
firm,
let
no
shrinking
from
grieving
her
darling,
who
would
'break
his
heart
if
his
Nanna
went,'
deter
her
from
discharging
the
encroaching
servant.
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