The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 7 (Maids, Dairy & Stable)
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The Maid of All Work's Duties
She starts in life, probably a girl of 13, with some small tradesman's wife as her mistress. She is also subject to rougher treatment than either the house or kitchen maid. The general servant's duti commence by opening the shutters and windows,. If the weather permits, of all the lower apartments in the house. By the time she has become a tolerable servant, she has to rise with the lark.
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