[Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals by Samuel F. B. Morse]@TWC D-Link bookSamuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals CHAPTER II 21/28
But if he comes in a post-chaise, the whole inn is in an uproar; the whole house come to the door, from the landlord down to boots.
One holds his hand to help you to alight, another is very officious in showing you to the parlor, and another gets in the baggage, whilst the landlord and landlady are quite in a bustle to know what the gentleman will please to have. This attention, however, is very pleasant, you are sure to be waited upon well and can have everything you will call for, and that of the nicest kind.
It is the custom in this country to hire no servants at inns.
They, on the contrary, pay for their places and the only wages they get is from the generosity of travellers. "This circumstance at first would strike a person unacquainted with the customs of England as a very great imposition.
I thought so, but, since I have considered the subject better, I believe that there could not be a wiser plan formed.
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