I think I can 'most always do it before breakfast, now that you don't require me to sweep or dust my own rooms.

I'm very much obliged to you, papa, for saying I needn't do those things any more while I have so many lessons." "I want my daughters to understand all kinds of housework so that they may be competent to direct servants, if they have them, or be independent of them if they have not," he said; "but now that you have learned how to sweep and dust, I do not think it necessary for you to make use of that knowledge while your time can be better employed, and I am able to pay a servant for doing the work.".