Elizabeth Hoyt Quote

When I was a little older, about twelve, I went to work at a nearby house. It was owned by old Mrs. Cromby and oh, I was so homesick! I cried myself to sleep for a fortnight it seemed, until it was my day off and I could go home to see Mam.He frowned at this, not liking to think of his infant housekeeper in tears. Why did they send you then if you were so upset?She gave him a look. Because I needed to learn a trade, naturally. And it was a good position. Mrs. Cromby was very strict but I learned so much from her and her housekeeper, Mrs. Little. How to keep records and how to make wood polish and brass polish and silver polish. When to turn linen and how to store cheese. What cuts of beef are the cheapest and how to bargain down the butcher. How to judge when a fish is fresh and when to buy shellfish and when not to. How to keep moths from woolen and mice from the pantry. How to get wine stains out of white linen and how to dye faded cloth black again. All that and so much more.She drew breath and he looked at her, deeply appalled. That all sounds frightfully boring.And yet without that knowledge you'd live in dirty, messy, vermin-infested chaos, she said sweetly.Mm.