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1. I remember the day back in aught three that a new under-house-parlour-maid came to 165 Eaton Place. Goodness, she came to the FRONT DOOR! I'd never seen the like, not from a servant! Thankfully the master and lady did not hear about that. The lady took her in on a trial basis.
2. I believe it was the next summer. When I got the news, I was so angry I ripped the newspaper article out and ordered the paper burned, lest the master find out. The Lady Marjorie had her portrait done, and received the honor of having it displayed at the Royal Academy, but next to a portrait of two scantily-clad maids in the Bellamy house! Who were they again?
3. It was nineteen aught five, near the holidays, I believe. It was the year Miss Elizabeth came home from Germany. She had taken to a guest, a German baron, named von Rimmer. It might have been my personal bias, but he seemed an unsavory character. The master sniffed it out, too. Turned out he was using Elizabeth's interests to try to get Sir Richard to get him a deal with the Admiralty in selling armaments. A spy! He would have been arrested, too, if someone had not tipped him off. Who was that?
4. I remember the time Mary came with us, and a few months in she made a show of herself and disturbed the master by crying in his presence. Poor girl, but we can't have that. Sir Richard, being the good soul he is, inquired about Mary's well-being. I tried to get to the bottom of the problem but she wouldn't tell me, and what is worse, wouldn't stop crying around the master. He even caught her trying to sneak out one night! What was the matter with her? (A problem I can't relate to as a male, I assure you.)
5. I remember one of Captain James's friends, a Captain Hammond, who was introduced to the Bellamys. Not long after, I started hearing gossip in the servant's quarters about the captain. Quite inappropriate, as I sternly reminded them! But they kept at it, and even uncovered evidence of what scandalous thing?
6. It was the spring of aught seven, when young people's hearts turn lightly to love, as the poets say. Well, it happened to our poor, wretched kitchen maid Emily. She fell in love with a footman in service to one of Lady Marjorie's friends. William, I think, was the lad's name. My lady put a stop to it, though. How could she have known how Emily would react? What did she do?
7. The sadness of losing the kitchen maid was more than our Mrs. Bridges could handle, and she suffered an emotional breakdown. One morning when she was late to rise, and locked her door, we learned that she had done what shocking thing on a whim? (The parents must have been beside themselves!)
8. In aught eight, I got to go up to my home country for the grouse hunt. While I was gone, Miss Elizabeth and Captain James brought in a new servant, Sarah no less! Ah, but the poor lass was down on her luck. They found her in the East End, in a soup line, coughing up a storm! Of course they wanted to help. But still, trouble follows that girl wherever she goes! She found out about Emily, and then what creepy thing did she do?
9. I remember the occasion of Miss Elizabeth's twenty-first birthday. Mrs. Bridges had outdone herself with a beautiful cake, and the morning room was decked out with some very fine delectables. But the guest of honor wasn't there, she was otherwise, eh, detained. What had happened to her?
10. I remember Miss Elizabeth's wedding to Mr. Kirbridge. The Bellamys brought in a catering service, and all of the servants got to go to the wedding at the church. It was a nice outing with everyone getting to put on their best, a proud moment for all of us downstairs as well as the Bellamys upstairs. But it was a shock to see who crash the party at the church, just before the bride's entrance?
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