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CHAPTERVICREW AND EQUIPMENTMY PARTNER and I divide the duties of our householdso that there is no overlapping and we neverget into each other's way. I am Cook, Scullionand Head Mechanic : she is Chambermaid, Seamstressand Official Photographer.I am on myown ground in the kitchen, while she rules witha rod of iron in the bedroom. In the middleroomwe maybe said to meeton equal terms.I am not quite able to explain why the making ofmustard rests with her, while the charging of thesoda-water syphon is in my hands, but such finedistinctions are well understood between us, andwe are perhaps both a little jealous of our ownspecial jobs and resent encroachments.When we have visitors with us they sleep in aand we can manage pretty comfortably totent,accommodate four at table in the middleroom, myPartner sitting on a camp-stool. In an emergencythe middleroom can be converted into a bedroomfor two,48