Servants Rules: The Victorian Era

Example of Servents Rules from a Victorian Household

The Servants’ Rules

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Never let your voice be heard by the ladies and gentlemen of the house except when necessary and then as little as possible....
Never begin to talk to your mistress unless it is to deliver a message or ask a necessary question....
Never talk to another servant, person of your own rank or to a child in the presence of your mistress unless from necessity; and then do it as shortly as possible and in a low voice....