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Kelly Servants

SALLY: "...an antiquated female ... who was more devoted to her tea pot than ever was bacchanalian to his glass"

KATE: "Poor Kate was very ugly. Her hair had that appearance of having been dressed by the turkey-cock.... her mouth extended nearly from ear to ear; bet neck and throat, which always were nearly bare, presented no feminine charms to view, and her short coarse petticoat showed her red legs nearly to the knee ..."