William and his father had been received by Campbell and some other menservants and relieved of their coats. |
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They reached the great doors of the palace and she threw them open before the menservants could even move to do so for her. |
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She had been beautiful, once, for a peasant, though she'd never gotten married, even to one of the menservants. |
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I can have two of my menservants assist you, if you so desire, Captain. |
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Taxes on hats, dice, clocks, salt, hair powder, gloves, artificial flowers, menservants, game certificates and armorial bearings have also been used in the past. |
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The menservants all threw themselves repeatedly at the door. |
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The Master's more partial to having menservants around, generally. |
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Both had menservants full of character – Wimsey had Bunter, who had kept him alive during the first world war, and Campion had the brilliantly named and wonderfully realised ex-cat-burglar, run to fat, Magersfontein Lugg. |
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We need these two as a bulwark against the pulpy plot twists and pop-up characters seemingly plucked from old-lady mystery books featuring topless menservants on the cover. |
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