Posted by John Nichols on March 17, 2006 at 18:29:03 from 70.191.149.99 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: live-in Cook? - Re: How was it all paid for? posted by Ed Kiser on March 17, 2006 at 18:07:12:
Ed:
I am sure in my own heart that Cook lived in. I can not see even Mrs Blackett leaving them all alone without at least Cookie in the place.
Room and Board would have been part of the wage.
Jock:
I will grant you the rambling idea. I had forgotten about the ramblers.
More than one nice little old Lady has put a ruddy large spoke in my plans for a development. They are perfect little pests, stopping the path of progress. We need highways and buildings and sewage treatment plants. Let the little old Ladies retire to a nice 20 storey nursing home.
JMN