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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt:...bid them welcome. The girls enter hesitatingly, and look scornfully upon the homely surroundings, while their masters simultaneously begin to issue their orders. But when told they must rise at daybreak, both girls strongly object. Hoping to overcome their evident lazy habits, the young men hold forth inducements of future rewards, which, however, are not as potent as they expect. Plunket next points out their room, but when they make a move to retire, he bids them first prepare supper. The ladies are so horrified at such a proposal, that Lionel, wishing to shield Lady Harriet, with whom he has fallen in love at first sight, suggests that they are too tired to work to-night. But Plunket, whose equally susceptible heart has been touched by Nancy's attractions, is made of sterner stuff, so he begins questioning the maids. After some hesitation (which seems incomprehensible to him) they tell him their names are Martha and Julia, but when he bids Nancy take his hat and coat she answers him saucily. Hoping to win,by gentleness, Lionel now politely requests Martha to take his wraps, but she too turns her back upon him. The young men are amazed at this unseemly behaviour, to the secret delight of their new maids. But, soon, hearing Plunket's stern tones ordering them to get their spinningwheels and show what they can do, they dare not disobey. When the wheels are ready, and they are seated before them, it becomes very evident that they do not even know how to spin. They look so appealingly at the young men at this juncture, and express such readiness to learn, that Lionel and Plunket seat themselves at the wheels and proceed to give them a spinning lesson. While they spin and explain, the ladies watch and exclaim, and this quartet is rightly considered one of the...