Inside Miss Goold's wants were ministered to by an eminently respectable man-servant, his wife who cooked, and a maid.

The married couple were fixtures, and had been with Miss Goold since she started housekeeping.
The maids varied.

They never quarrelled with their mistress, but they found it impossible to live with their fellow-servants.

Mr.and Mrs.
Ginty were North of Ireland Protestants of the severest type.

Ginty himself was a strong Orangeman, and his wife professed and enforced a strict code of morals.