Sketches of native life and character in southern India . said themorning after the Artillery Ball, that she, Mrs. Green,was dressed like a sack and was far too old todance. But this is not the worst of it. In placeswhere ayahs most do congregate with children such as THE AYAH. 95 bandstands, etc., the ball of conversation is keptbriskly rolling, and the stock of gossip is soon expendedby their glib tongues. Failing facts, they haverecourse to fiction, and some rare stories of theirmistresses, and, perchance, masters, are put in circula-tion. They may not do much harm, these stories ;still Mrs
Sketches of native life and character in southern India . said themorning after the Artillery Ball, that she, Mrs. Green,was dressed like a sack and was far too old todance. But this is not the worst of it. In placeswhere ayahs most do congregate with children such as THE AYAH. 95 bandstands, etc., the ball of conversation is keptbriskly rolling, and the stock of gossip is soon expendedby their glib tongues. Failing facts, they haverecourse to fiction, and some rare stories of theirmistresses, and, perchance, masters, are put in circula-tion. They may not do much harm, these stories ;still Mrs. Browne would hardly be pleased to learn,that she has the dickens of a temper, and drinksbrandy, or Mr. Green, that he is far too fond of wife. The ayah says so, however, and manybelieve her. In conclusion, although the ayah is a farinferior servant to a smart English ladies maid, she is,even as a general rule, on the whole, a good has her failings, like all of us, and we must respecther virtues even while we deprecate her
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