“What we need now is somebody to clean the kitchens,” Jemima said. “Hawkins mopped them down, but they need to be scrubbed out properly.”
Freddy laughed.
“I imagine tomorrow, instead of buying more objects for your trousseau, you will be visiting a Domestic Bureau.”
“That is what I intend to do,” Jemima “There is only one difficulty.”
“What is that?” the Viscount enquired.
“Hawkins told me that one of the reasons, apart obviously from me, for the staff being so dissatisfied was that they have not received any wages for some time.”
The Viscount looked embarrassed.
“I suppose I have been somewhat remiss over that, but to tell the truth my pockets are to let.”
“But surely,” Jemima insisted, “we will have to do something about it?”
“I quite agree,” the Viscount answered, “but at this
