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Of necessity I went down to Upton End in order to see old Tucker and his wife, who had acted as caretakers in my absence.
Thomas Tucker -- a tall, thin, active, grey-moustached man of sixty-five -- was a servant of the old-fashioned faithful school. For thirty-two years -- ever since the day of his marriage -- he had lived in the pretty rose-embowered lodge, and had been taken over by my father as part of the estate. Indeed, in such high esteem did the governor hold him that he was given an entirely free hand in all outside matters; while his wife -- a well-preserved, round-faced woman, equally devoted to her master -- was entrusted with the care of the servants and other domestic affairs.