He may have got in the way of putting the H before the eggs instead of the ham; but he is just as good for all that, and more interesting besides.

So you do not grudge the 3d.

you give him daily for his strictly professional services, or the extra 6d.

he expects for carrying your carpet-bag or portmanteau to the railway-station.
Thus, although this feeing of servants may seem at first strange to an American traveller in England, and may occasion him some perplexity and even annoyance, he will soon become accustomed to it; and in making up the balance-sheet of the additional cost on one side and the additional comfort on the other which the system produces, he will come even to the mathematical conclusion, "if to equals you add equals, the sums will be equals.".