*Mr Segundus's good sense seems to have deserted him at this point. They wore fine dark coats,spotless white stockings and gloves and dancing pumps. Aunt Greysteel saidthat she had often noticed that male servants were always liable to presentthemselves in their shirt-sleeves Strange paused a moment on the pavement to adjust his black gloves andto cast his glance up and down Elder-street.
The moon shone down into the nightmareapartment and the old lady of Cannaregio began to devour the veal fricasseewhich the Greysteel ladies had brought her. Tall treessheltered it from storms and winds yet at the same lime they made it darkand solemn. He continued to polishsilver, train the footmen in the duties of service à la française, admonish thecooks, order flowers, linen, knives and Yes, that occurred to me too.
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