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_II. The Housemaid_
Among that tenth part of the population sufficiently rich to keep / servants, the conditions of domestic industry are familiar to us. This / is the tenth which is most conscious, and most vocal. It has the widest / range of social contact; it is most in touch with literature; both in / speech and writing we hear oftenest from the small class who keep / servants.