First all brushing and dusting—everything which gets dust off other things on to the floor.
Then the cleaning of the floor.
Then wiping away all dust made by the cleaning and restoring order.
One cannot effectually do this or any housework with one's mind on something else. The processes are intricate and logical and require thoughtful organization beforehand, and intense attention at the moment. If we can think about our neighbours, or brood over our grievances while we are cleaning, we can be quite sure that we have not done the work as well nor as quickly as we could.
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UPSTAIRS WORK
"UPSTAIRS work" is, I believe a colloquialism for making beds, tidying bedrooms, and caring for washstands and bathrooms.
The Sequence.—A reasonable order for this work is the following:
Shut the door of the room unless the weather is warm.