Excerpt from The Cornhill Magazine: March, 1920 Mrs. Yeo sat beside him, austerely critical of the Duchess as Saucy Sal. In Giggles, however, she recognised a Cockney nurse maid beloved by Jess when the child was nine years Old. When she shared this astounding discovery with Mr. Yeo, he whispered testily: You ought never to have engaged that gutter-snipe.' It didn't occur to either of these good worthy people that Jess's reproduction of the gutter-snipe's accent, gestures, and grimaces constituted a sort of record. The ...
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Excerpt from The Cornhill Magazine: March, 1920 Mrs. Yeo sat beside him, austerely critical of the Duchess as Saucy Sal. In Giggles, however, she recognised a Cockney nurse maid beloved by Jess when the child was nine years Old. When she shared this astounding discovery with Mr. Yeo, he whispered testily: You ought never to have engaged that gutter-snipe.' It didn't occur to either of these good worthy people that Jess's reproduction of the gutter-snipe's accent, gestures, and grimaces constituted a sort of record. The conviction rooted itself that parents can't be too careful in their choice of nursery-maids. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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