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THE DOMESTIC SIDE 19of a village shop in Cheshire, the Sevenoaks teapot,the tumbler with the scratched inscriptionupon it, which, if everyone had his rights, belongsto a small public-house in Cumberland. I havewhat I believe to be the only really efficient pairof housemaid's gloves, which I found in an ironmonger'sshop in Beauly and my best corkscrew;hails from Aberdeen. Memories cluster about eachtea-infuser and cruet-stand. My belongings havebeen lovingly accumulated in all parts of the land.And it isalways good to be back among them.There are allsorts of preliminary stepsto betaken in these first few days.The cook is helplesstill he has begun to build up his dripping-bowl :the rough-paper bag must lay in stock : sodawatermust be made : a small glass jar must beinaugurated as an ash-tray,for when you havebeen at the game as long as I have youknock off cigarette ash into cupswill notor saucers :there are oil-tanks to fill, new wicks to stretch,cloths and cleaners to apportion. All theseintroductory operationslaying of foundation stones.are full ofpromise, likeEspecially I should like to tell you of my housemaid'sgloves. They are a remarkable pair,peculiar I should say to the Beauly neighbourhood,for I have never seen their like elsewhere,

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