The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 7 (Maids, Dairy & Stable)
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How to Do a Room
After putting on the kettle, she should then proceed to the dining room or parlor to get it. In order for breakfast, she should first roll up the rug, take up the fender and fold up the table oth. Then sweep the room, carrying the dirt towards the fireplace. Nothing annoys a particular mistress so much as to find when she comes downstairs, different articles of furniture looking as if they had never been dusted.
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