Many of her pupils belonged to the better-class families on the Kingstown and Dalkey line. Old as they were, her aunts also did their share. Julia, though she was quite grey, was still the leading soprano in Adam and Eve''s, and Kate, being too feeble to go about mubsp;gave musibsp;lessons to beginners on the old square piano in the babsp;room. Lily, the caretaker''s daughter, did houmaid''s work for them. Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well; the best of everything:diamond-bone sirloins, three-shilling tea and the best bottled stout. But Lily ldom made a mistake in the orders, so that she got on well with her three mistress. They were fussy, that was all. But the only thing they would not stand was babsp;answers.
Of cour, they had good reason to be fussy on subsp;a night. And then it was long after ten o''clobsp;and yet there was no sign of Gabriel and his wife. Besides they were dreadfully afraid that Freddy Malins might turn up screwed. They would not wish for worlds that any of Mary Jane''s pupils should e him under the influenbsp;and when he was like that it was sometimes very hard to manage him. Freddy Malins always came late, but they wondered what could be keeping Gabriel:and that was what brought them every two minutes to the banisters to ask Lily had Gabriel or Freddy e.
Many of her pupils belonged to the better-class families on the Kingstown and Dalkey line. Old as they were, her aunts also did their share. Julia, though she was quite grey, was still the leading soprano in Adam and Eve''s, and Kate, being too feeble to go about mubsp;gave musibsp;lessons to beginners on the old square piano in the babsp;room. Lily, the caretaker''s daughter, did houmaid''s work for them. Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well; the best of everything:diamond-bone sirloins, three-shilling tea and the best bottled stout. But Lily ldom made a mistake in the orders, so that she got on well with her three mistress. They were fussy, that was all. But the only thing they would not stand was babsp;answers.
Of cour, they had good reason to be fussy on subsp;a night. And then it was long after ten o''clobsp;and yet there was no sign of Gabriel and his wife. Besides they were dreadfully afraid that Freddy Malins might turn up screwed. They would not wish for worlds that any of Mary Jane''s pupils should e him under the influenbsp;and when he was like that it was sometimes very hard to manage him. Freddy Malins always came late, but they wondered what could be keeping Gabriel:and that was what brought them every two minutes to the banisters to ask Lily had Gabriel or Freddy e.