In classic books, when people mention how much someone is worth, they say "she has ?800 a year" etc. Where does this money come from? Is a type of trust fund? Would it ever run out? Why don't you hear...
i remember at primary school seeing a dramatisation in a history programme about a servant who put her arm in place of a wooden beam to hold a door shut to enable her master to flee from "someone". it...
i remember in school seeing a dramatisation of a female servant using her arm instead of a plank of wood as a door jam to allow her master to escape. all i can remember is that it was probably the...