Welcome to the Gentlemen Behaving Badly blog tour. Today, we first have a tale by Tallis Steelyard about the duties of the perfect butler. Next, we have two books on offer by Jim Webster. The first is a guide for writers and other stories of Port Naain and the second is various tales of the goings on in Port Naain.
It’s strange when you think about it. One would expect a gentleman to have a fine residence. But alas property does not devolve naturally upon those of breeding and good manners. Indeed it has been commented (mainly by punsters more interested in displaying their grasp of archaisms than they are in provoking mirth) that a gentleman may have a fine address without having a fine address.
Still there are many persons of wealth and influence who can claim more than one pleasant house, elegantly appointed and displaying the opulence and good taste of the owner, or at least of the person the owner hired. And of course the house or houses are theirs. They have the deeds to prove it.
But in reality, they are merely the title holder. In the eyes of the law, they are responsible. Indeed when they enter the house, those staff who meet them will…
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It can be a problem when the staff recognise the butler but don’t know the owner 🙂
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If I was the owner, I think I’d have my picture sitting around. 😀 — Suzanne
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Yes I’d want something to subtly hint that I was the one paying the wages 🙂
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