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5. The two ladies' relations ended ... Mrs. Robertson's paying out the money and saying nothing.
6. The prospective employer was groomed ... the last eyebrow and looked nice.
7. While sweeping up the cinders Monica put her hand ... the wall and made a grubby mark.
8. The stain would not come off and Monica had nothing to do but leave it ... its fate.
9. The Daily had rubbed ... the stain patiently ... a soapy cloth until it came off.
10. Every day the servant had to go ... the tedious business of cleaning, dusting and washing.
11. The most difficult thing about ash is getting it ... the dustpan.
12. Wiping one's hands ... the overall or apron is considered to be a bad habit.
13. An inexperienced cook always rushes to cookery books ... help and wastes a lot of time.
14. At ten Monica started ... the washing-up and at eleven she was still... it though she was enormously
tired.
Exercise 10
Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable words or phrases from the text.
1. Nick's grandfather lives alone and has nobody to look after him and do ... of a flat.
2. After... cooking Mrs. Jackson washes up because the sink is piled high with plates and dishes.
3. I couldn't squeeze anything on to the table: it was just ... with peelings, basins, saucepans and spoons.
4. Before sending the linen to the laundry I ... the pile of washing and did the marking.
5. The flat was in a ... condition and it needed decorating.
6. Mary is such a lazy-bones that she always does washing or ironing ... and no wonder it takes her quite
twice as long as it should.
7. Mike didn't feel in ... of helping his wife in the home as he was not handy enough.
8. 'There's the phone', — said Grandma. She ... her hands on her apron and rushed to the dining-room to
answer the telephone.
9. To keep my room clean and tidy I ... the furniture twice a week using a soapy cloth and also sweep the
floor.
10. The agency ... me a job of a Liver-in but I had to refuse.
Exercise 11
Speak about Monica's efforts to carry out her duties as a Daily:
1. in the third person;
2. in the person of Monica;
3. in the person of the woman in the agency;
4. in the person of Mrs. Robertson;
5. in the person of Miss Faulkener.
Exercise 12
Give a character sketch of Monica and describe her attitude towards her duties.
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to get some experience, one's first experience, one's bad experience, absent-minded, fussy, neat, reliable,
handy, an old hand, efficient, good, economical, hard-working, diligently, listlessly, to be domesticated in
every way, to leave smth. till tomorrow, ...
Exercise 13
Discussion points.
1. What prevented Monica from becoming thoroughly domesticated: her laziness, her mother's bad
example or something else?
2. What is Monica's attitude to her troubles while getting some practical experience?
3. Monica assured the agency that she was thoroughly domesticated in every way. Was she right, in your
opinion, or should she have told them the troth?
4. Which of the two employers did Monica like better? Give your reasons.
5. Does anything suggest that Monica can become an experienced housewife?
Exercise 14
Imagine that Monica's employers (Mrs. Robertson and Miss Faulkener), were friends. They discover that
they hired the same girl as a Daily. What would they tell each other?
Exercise 15
Imagine what Monica might have done when she worked at Miss Cattermo-le's as a Daily and why she
didn't hit it off with her employer.
Exercise 16