. St. Nicholas [serial] . fferentfrom English country houses. Oh, quite different; and the service is some-thing atrocious. My dear Miranda, you areto be congratulated on your establishment. 1have nt seen a decent ladys-maid since I leftEngland until I reached here. That prettyMillicent of yours is a treasure. Although inwardly convulsed, Betty man-aged to control her features, and by biting herlips achieved an expression of intense agony,which was, however, better than laughing aloud. Not so Jessie. The sudden mental pictureof Millicent assisting these ladies at their toi-let was too much for
. St. Nicholas [serial] . fferentfrom English country houses. Oh, quite different; and the service is some-thing atrocious. My dear Miranda, you areto be congratulated on your establishment. 1have nt seen a decent ladys-maid since I leftEngland until I reached here. That prettyMillicent of yours is a treasure. Although inwardly convulsed, Betty man-aged to control her features, and by biting herlips achieved an expression of intense agony,which was, however, better than laughing aloud. Not so Jessie. The sudden mental pictureof Millicent assisting these ladies at their toi-let was too much for her, and, with a smo-thered sound something between a chuckleand a scream, she hurriedly retreated to thekitchen. What is it ? cried Hester and Marjorie,seeing the waitress appear unexpectedly andalmost in hysterics. But Jessie had a plucky determination of herown, and, without a word to the bewilderedcooks, she pulled herself together, straightenedher face to an expression of demure propriety, igo2.] HILARITY HALL. IOOI. WELL, YOU ARE A PROPER-LOOKING LOT! MRS. LENNOX EXCLAIMED AS THE GIRLS FILED IN. and was back in the dining-room with her tray Why, really, said the English lady, she inside of two minutes. crimped my fringe quite as well as Dawkins But the ordeal was not yet over. When she does at home. And my clothes were never returned, Lady Pendered was still recounting brushed more neatly. Millicents virtues as a ladys-maid. Millicent brushing clothes ! This was almost Vol. XXIX.—126. 1002 HILARITY HALL. [Sept. too much for Betty; but, not daring to glance atJessie, she went on about her work, endeavor-ing not to listen to any further disclosures. Yes, she s not bad, drawled Lady Lucy. She darned a bit of a rent in my lace bodice,and smiled amiably when I asked her to do upmy fine handkerchiefs. Millicent as a laundress! The girls nearlybroke down at this; but the sound of Mrs. Len-noxs clear, even voice restored their if she could preserve her equanimityth
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