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Would the maids really have had that much attitude?

posted 14 years ago by chinchilla_luver20
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I can't help but wonder if the maids would be that openly annoyed with Virginia. It just seems odd to me especially when Nellie exaggeratedly removes her apron when she needs to catch the train to London. And wouldn't she like the chance to get away for awhile? I mean yes, Virginia is a little...not the easiest to get along with at times but would they really show that much understated disrespect?

Ha! No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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[–] Connie_n_Raymond_Marble 14 years ago

Servants are like little kids. They'll get away with as much as they can. Clearly, Nellie had worked for Virginia for quite some time and knew (from experience) exactly how far she could push her.

We'll see whose the filthiest person alive! We'll just see!

[–] BridgitteVonHammersmark 11 years ago

They also seemed to be making a sport out of trying to intimidate Wolff. One was asking the other "did you give her that 'look' when she asked you to do that" and when Virginia's sister comes, she asks Virginia, "you aren't intimidated by the servants now are you?" And when Virginia's husband finds her at the train station he says "we have an obligation to eat so and so's meal that she prepared".