"Listen, Mr. Marson. I was thrown on my own resources about five years ago. Never mind how. Since then I have worked in a shop, done typewriting, been on the stage, had a position as a governness, been a lady's maid -"
"A what? A lady's maid?"
"Why not? It was all experience, and I can assure you I would much rather be a lady's maid than a governess."
"I think I know what you mean. I was a private tutor once. I suppose a governess is the female equivalent. I have often wondered what General Sherman would have said about private tutoring, if he expressed himself so breezily about mere War."
(from Something Fresh, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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