Later in the day, Mrs. Lennox came in much excited. “My dear! Mrs. Framley’s chambermaid has a sister expected to arrive from Ireland this very week, and she is trying to get a place for her; and I am tempted to try her. She is sixteen, and the sister says for the first three months she will let her live with nice people for very little.”
“I would by all means engage her if Mrs. Framley thinks well of the sister.”
“Yes. She says she is respectable and clean.”
“That’s about all one can hope for, and I think it is a fortunate chance.”
“I shall decide. Oh, think of my having another pair of working hands in my house: such a weight will be off my shoulders, and this saves me going to Castle Garden.”
Molly had decided to write her own bills of fare for the week, as it would save her thinking each day, and she could manage better, knowing beforehand all she would need. Accordingly, on the first of the month, she wrote out the following as her programme for the week’s dining. The breakfasts so often came out of the dinner that she did not need to make special arrangement:—
Bills of Fare.
Noodle Soup.
Braised Beef. Cabbage à la Crême.
Fried Potatoes.
Beets. Cheese Omelette.
Polka Pudding and Sauce.
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Filets de Sole with Béchamel Sauce.
Miroton of Beef.
Green Peas. Potato Balls.
Iced Cream Coffee.
Cake. Fruit.
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Black Bean Soup.
Chicken Fricassee.
Potato Croquettes. Peas.
King William’s Pudding.
Fruit.
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Cod, with Hollandaise Sauce.
Roast Mutton.
Stewed Onions. Scalloped Potatoes.
Frozen Bananas. Cake.
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Clear Soup with Royal Custard.
Fried Fowl (French fashion). Sweet Bread.
Tomatoes, au gratin. Stuffed Potatoes.
Vanilla Soufflé Pudding, Hard Sauce.
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German Soup.
Boiled Mutton. Stewed Onions.
Potatoes.
Macaroni. Cheese.
Spoonful Pudding, Almond Sauce.
Fruit.
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Raw Oysters.
Mutton, Re served. Stewed Onions.
Dresden Patties.
Potatoes. Old English Fritters.
Fruit.