There were also two men for the garden and stable.
A boy was always attached to the house; not the same boy, but a Boy dynasty, for as soon as one went another came, who ate a great deal--a crime in Hepsey's eyes--and whose general duty was to carry armfuls of wood, pails of milk, or swill, and to shut doors.
We had many visitors.

Though father had no time to devote to guests, he was continually inviting people for us to entertain, and his invitations were taken as a matter of course, and finally for granted.
A rich Morgeson was a new feature in the family annals, and distant relations improved the advantage offered them by coming to spend the summer with us, because their own houses were too hot, or the winter, because they were too cold! Infirm old ladies, who were not related to us, but who had nowhere else to visit, came.

As his business extended, our visiting list extended.

The captains of his ships whose homes were elsewhere brought their wives to be inconsolable with us after their departure on their voyages.

We had ministers often, who always quarter at the best houses, and chance visitors to dinner and supper, who made our house a way-station.