The Duke's Downfall (1992)
“The news caused several of the housemaids to swoon, and three of the footmen to give immediate notice.
The hartshorn was sent for, the resignations filled with brawny types more the like of sailors than footmen, and preparations for her ladyship’s arrival began. Each and every saloon was swept of anything breakable (hence the classically uncluttered look so remarked upon by the countess’s set), the heaviest pieces of furniture were repositioned at the corners of the carpets, and the more fragil...e chairs and settees removed to the attics.
It was, when added to the usual scrubbing, airing, dusting, beating, and polishing, a colossal undertaking. The pipe clay put down on the freshly washed front steps to whiten them had scarce had a chance to dry when the bedlamite clamor heralding the approach of the countess’s carriage was heard outside the spiked iron fence enclosing the house.
Shouting at two of the strapping, newly hired footmen to man the gates, Iddings kept the third at his side and took up his place on the doorstep.MoreLess
The hartshorn was sent for, the resignations filled with brawny types more the like of sailors than footmen, and preparations for her ladyship’s arrival began. Each and every saloon was swept of anything breakable (hence the classically uncluttered look so remarked upon by the countess’s set), the heaviest pieces of furniture were repositioned at the corners of the carpets, and the more fragil...e chairs and settees removed to the attics.
It was, when added to the usual scrubbing, airing, dusting, beating, and polishing, a colossal undertaking. The pipe clay put down on the freshly washed front steps to whiten them had scarce had a chance to dry when the bedlamite clamor heralding the approach of the countess’s carriage was heard outside the spiked iron fence enclosing the house.
Shouting at two of the strapping, newly hired footmen to man the gates, Iddings kept the third at his side and took up his place on the doorstep.MoreLess
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