" Oh, I heard enough of her when I lived chambermaid with the Stuarts: they say she has no more respect for Lord Portmore than she has for the hearth-broom; and that all she is at from morning to night is to catch up admirers; and she don't care for other people's husbands being other people's husbands, but likes all the better to make them follow her. And that is just the sort of lady who says poor servants ain't to have any followers at all not even to keep company. I have no patience with her and if I was my lady, I should look after her pretty sharp with my lord." "These "
― Emily Eden , The Semi-Detached House