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238 GLIMPSES INTO A RUHAk HOUSE OF BONDA...
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. neering old washerwoman , five rude , untaught / and ill-behaved childrenand four hopeful sons of libertine habits and the coarsest
, conversation , which , however , developed by degrees . The first thing she did on _g-oing up-stairs to put on a working-dresswas
invited by a fellow-servant , to peep into the mistress ' s bed , room , , where the most disgusting- scene presented itself .
" Has she been ill ? " asked Sarah . ¦ " " . Drunk Naysurel , " was y not the " rep exclaimed ly . Sarah .
, , " You'll see it is so , and often _enoiigh , " continued her new friend ,, holding at the same time a glass to her nose , which smelt
unmistakeably of brandy . It is smoothestglassiest before the cataract . All went on
pleasantly for a day , or two . Then temper began to peep out , and petty acts of tyranny to take place / and annoyances first felt and
then seen . Pier manners did not please them , for she was cleansouled and free-spokenbut her work didfor she was a good worker .
She _foimd too soon , that the place would , not do , that the place and herself did not suit each Other , and she asked to be liberated .
On this she and the two other servants , equally anxious for flight , were cautioned that if they left their places they would
be fetched back , dragged before the magistrate , and put " where , " as the master said frequently" the rain would not fall on
them . " All three servants were , watched with the most careful vigilance ; and thrice in the week , on closing the windows next
the road , Sarah looked about her to see whether she could inquire of a passing policeman how she was to get away .
Invariablhow-. y , ever , each time the master appeared at the door . At length , on the Saturday , after a weary week's
experienceof a new sort of misery , she caught a glimpse of the homereturning E carrier , and running hastily to him , said as hastily
— - " I can't endure it . Mother may expect me . I shall run it . " " Where ' s my servant ? " cried the master , hurriedly . " Here , "
said Sarah . "Oh ! it ' s your carrier , " he observed ; " have you sent for your box ? " Cl I ' m sending mother word / ' she returned . " All
. right , " added the master , supposing that the box was being sent for . On the Monday there was to be a great horse fair at Yorkto
which the master always went , and stayed a week from home . , He would be up early on that morning and be driven by the eldest
Hopeful to N— ? for the train at five o'clock . " Now , " thought Sarah" I must try my luck ; this is my only time for fliht . " She
handed , her great-coated master his whip , lest he should g see her bundle ready beneath a chair , and was ready for starting herself .
The mistress , however , always expecting such , events , had gone from her own into the servants' roomand missed Sarah ' s clothes . She was
down in a minute , and _j ) ounced , on the bundle , and then , carrying it up-stairsfelt that in its possession she had . sufficient security .
, Especially did she fancy this to be the case , since Sarah now could
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238 Glimpses Into A Ruhak House Of Bonda...
238 GLIMPSES INTO A _RUHAk HOUSE OF BONDAGE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1861, page 238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061861/page/22/
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