Gather Ye Rosebuds

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"This will take a deal of work, melady,” Brodagan said, shaking her head in grim anticipation of the job before us. “An ant itself couldn't find room to perch in this jumbled-up old attic."

The “melady” was an honorary title, to remind us that Mrs. Brodagan had known better days than working for plain Mrs. Barron. In her youth in Ireland, she had peeled potatoes for six months in the kitchen of Dublin House. Her own title of “Mrs.” was assumed as well. Mrs. Brodagan had never known marital bliss, for which every bachelor in Christendom should get down on his knees and thank the Almighty.

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