The Memoirs of Mr. Charl. J. Yellowplush, and the Diary of C. Jeames de la Pluche
Автор:William Makepeace Thackeray Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 72 ISBN: 1236035151 This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ... 1'll treble your salary." His vallit! praps his butler! Yes, thought I, here's a chance--a vallit to ten thousand a-year. Nothing to do but to shave him, and read his notes, and let my wiskers grow; to dress in spick and span black, and a clean shut per day; muflings every night in the house-keeper's room; the pick of the gals in the servents' hall; a chap to clean my boots for me, and my master's oppra bone reglar once a-week. I knew what a vallit was as well as any genlmn in service; and this I can tell you, he's genrally a hapier, idler, hundsomer, mor genlmnly man than his master. He has more money to spend, for genlmn will leave their silver in their weskit pockets; more suxess among the gals; as good dinners, and as good wine--that is, if he's friends with the butler, and...
