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164 THE GOVERNESS QUESTION.
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a alread gentleman y formed who . would A sensible not sit distinction in the same ! We pew happen as the to governess know of !
"We have heard of one law for the richand another for the poor , , "but Let we those never parents heard of who two qualif gospels y a . daughter looked for the genteel b office her
of governess , reflect a moment how she is upon y superiors ( not always her betters ) and her inferiors . Just let a remote idea be entertained of marriage between a son , or any
member of the family , and the governess ; why another siege of Troy vituperation more would could scarcel not lavished y occasion be said upon : more yet the what commotion artful rivers creature , — of the ink . anger have Were , been it the the scorn consumed scullion , the ,
in abusing the French , nobility of the ancien regime , when they opposed So much marriages for the they superiors disliked ! . Now Oh dear as servants ! that mote mostl and y innumerable beam take . their
cue insults from from the the heads ? n , , excep the governess t in those often fortunate has to cases endure where a kindhearted servant , one of nature's nobly born , sees and pities her forin
lorn state . But it is not at all strange that servants should be - solent they are , when very discerning they see the . In petty most in families sults heaped it is on now the the governess fashion :
to give the governess the very worst bed-room the house contains , knows ( how such he or holes she would exist not in gentlemen sleep in such ' s houses a room is , a and puzzle therefore , ) the desp servant ises
the governess who does . Mrs . Trollope , in her book on America , mentions the marked difference made between black and white servants in their bondage ; we should like some impartial person to
writer inspect when The servants perhaps that the a dens footman ei see ght in and or gentlemen ten act better her according ' s houses rooms ly . , assi are A and lad gned scarcel left y of to y after rank the ever some governess occup told time ied the . , gave warning ;
she heard his reason— " He would not live , , indeed , where he had to not open go the down door the to area the governess steps like . " the Of other course servants not ! ? why ( In should justice she to
the lady , an honorable exception to the general mass , it must be mentioned that she was very angry , and said she would not have iven him a character had she known itbut white crows are rare . )
g A remarkably vulgar wet nurse told a ; rather superior governess , that some of the servants had asked " Why should there be any
difference between her and us ; " the said wet nurse added with kind affability , " Why , I said , look at the difference of her education is the , " etc of .
These little facts are stated to prove how genteel post governess . In the " Idler , " Betty Broom writes her grievances , and tells how she called on Mrs . Bombazinethe great mercer's lady , on
Ludgate Hill , who asked innumerable questions , , and on her saying she was reduced by misfortune to go to serviceMrs . B . interrupted ,
, " A great misfortune truly ; to come to my house and have three is not extinctwho
meals a day . " The race of Mrs . Bombazines ,
164 The Governess Question.
164 THE GOVERNESS QUESTION .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1859, page 164, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111859/page/20/
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