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To D.B.
sometimes, expressing his wish regret that a better understanding
might some sort of union could not be established, between
them, no matter how cemented, as a means of
turning her savage nature. Sure enough at last this
union did take place, how cemented nobody knows,
nor is it worth while to enquire. From that time
every thing she did belonging to her was angelical, an observation could
not be made about the meats being done too little or too
much but the blood would fly up into his face. No
sooner was my Brother's back turned but he brought
her into the parlour to dine: there she the happy
pair would feast upon the tid-bits: while another Englishman,
a respectable Master of a vessel who had been put
to board at the Housekeeper's table was left to dine by
himself on scraps and offals.
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As to the servitude he complained of it consisted
as in his doing those little offices about a house for which
he is best fit, and for which he had himself sollicited,
such as keeping keys, bottling wine, and the like a talent
on which he had much valued himself, and the
like: to the great displeasure of Mrs Housekeeper whose unfitness
he stood lost no occasion of holding up to
view as to justify his invasion of her province.
His other business consisted in keeping the books [+]
[+] as well as he could
keep which you may
imagine were but not very indifferently
extraordinarily
paying the workmen their wages, and now and then
copying a letter or two for me or my Brother. All
together however took up so small a portion bore so small a proportion to his time, that
great evil as he has not the good fortune to have a
turn for any kind of sedentary amusement his great
evil, and even his great complaint was the want of
occupation. With all this grievous servitude he has been
more
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