Since such an undertaking was beyond the powers of even his own extensive staff, she’d blithely consulted the register of superior housemaids and spent a lively morning interviewing several dozen at the very least. Those fortunate enough to have passed her beady-eyed scrutiny were now set busily to work, dusting, polishing and sweeping just as if his grace’s residence were not always immaculate in appearance and irreproachable in aspect. Several times the cook held up his hands in horror and vowed to send in his notice, for the dowager duchess seemed to forever confuse the menus, change them at will and scratch illegible notes all over the carefully inscribed name plates. This was only marginally better than her inspection of the pickled partridges and her wholly unsolicited advice on the best way to dress a plover. Her grace seemed to look with disfavour on the common method of employing bacon to preserve and insisted that all the poultry be laid about in charcoal. This fine state of affairs did little to appease the already stressed cook and kitchen hands.
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