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"_No man is hero to his valet_"; so runs the cynical adage. But you can reverse the saying with reference to the other sex. _Every woman is a heroine to her lady's maid_; it may not be true in all cases, but 'tis true enough for any proverb.
The romance of a lady's own woman is centred in her mistress. She will clothe her in finery with a greater joy than if she were draping herself; rather than see her go shabby she would wear sackcloth; she will hang over the banisters, on a dinner-party night, to observe the sit of her train as she sweeps downstairs on the arm of some notable personage; she will lean out of the window to watch her step into her sedan, and if there are Beaux hovering and my Lady tosses her plumes and whisks her panniers to proper advantage it is Abigail's heart that beats high with pride.