Sir, Anticipating a visit from Lord Albermarle, and following my previous problems with seating comfort, I do now employ Maid Effie to test all of my furnishings. She do declare this chair "most soft and welcoming". Having considered her assessment at nudes
Sirs et Madames, For your interest and noteworthy study, Captain Thistlehock and Lady Seymour-Clapper do have a presentation entitled "Lifestyles of the overseas savages" which is displayed hourly within the Wharton room. (entrance - 1 Guinea)
Sir, with the forthcoming New Year's celebrations some of the staff ask permission to perform a Mummers Play. I am quite content with the spectacle but insist that reherasls are performed. Costumes are quite unnessecary at the stage.
Sir, After a tiresome day scolding servants, I do retire to my library to peruse my books over a glass of brandy. Upon the page, a morality tale do appear : When hiring two doxies be sure to watch them both, or one will surely steal your roast beef and p
Sir, Lord Pullborough tells me a curious tale. Whenever his maid do show him her Lady Jane, an apparition appears in his late wife's looking glass. I scoff at such a preposterous story, but Pullborough provides proof. I retire to my library with the pho
Sir, As we approach the Yuletide once more it seems that one can hardly avoid the cook books that fill the booksellers shelves. I have availed myself of one such volume entitled 'The Hairy Diners Cook Book' There is much to be learned in the culinary a
Sir, A communique from my friend 'Gussy' Herbert, presently embracing the cultural delights of Paris. He is saving money by sharing his Dollymop with two other clients. Gussy (reclining) appears most overwhelmed by the experience.
Sir, I write in haste and with some little secrecy; located as I am upon a straw paillasse within the boathouse. I unexpectedly found myself in the presence of a disrobed maid. I have yet to provide an explanation which might quell the ire of Lady B___.