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Re: Sarah Jane and Martha
Sarah Jane, bring in the coffee and dessert, and Martha, you clear the table.
And Nora can tuck the kids in bed and Moses will get your carriage ready for you to leave, after which Lydia will wash the dishes and Pompey will make sure the fires are all extinguished and the fireplaces and ovens prepared for tomorrow.Yes, they're very servant-ish to me.I think, therefore I judge.
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I kind of wanted you to keep going with the name story!
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I wanted to ...But I was running out of male-servant names and we still needed the lawn taken care of and the horses shod. Amos? Shoot, I forgot about him, he's the yard man.
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Carlisle is very man-servant to me.
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Moses, Pompey, and Amos have the vibe of American slave names. So does Lydia, to an extent. Carlisle is a British servant name. Didn't the British used to call their male and sometimes their female servants by their surnames? That's why.
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