Poor fellow, one should never take the help along on trips or, indeed, have them anywhere near the living quarters for terribly long. I well recall the terminat

Poor fellow, one should never take the help along on trips or, indeed, have them anywhere near the living quarters for terribly long. I well recall the termination of my last scullery maid: she took a nasty head cold and would most stop sneezing at all hours. Being most inconvenienced by the--I couldn't sleep!--we had to let the maid go. Though the head butler carried out this nasty bit of work, the poor wench's sobs did ruin a perfectly good tea time.