[Mrs. Warren’s Daughter by Sir Harry Johnston]@TWC D-Link bookMrs. Warren’s Daughter CHAPTER VII 12/24
I will ring if we want anything.") David continues: "Of course I come in for my share of the work after six. On one point Beryl is firm; she doesn't mind coming at nine or at eight or at half-past seven in the morning, but she _must_ be back in Chelsea by half-past five to see her babies, wash them and put them to bed.
She has a tiny little house, she tells me, near Trafalgar Square, and fortunately she's got an excellent and devoted nurse, one of those rare treasures that questions nothing and is only interested in the business in hand.
She and a cook-general make up the establishment.
Before Mrs.Architect No.
1 became ill, Mr. Architect used to visit her there pretty regularly, and is assumed to be Mr.Claridge....
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