It was that the slops were
emptied into the foot pans;--it was that the utensils were never
properly rinsed;--it was that the chamber crockery was rinsed with
dirty water;--it was that the beds were never properly shaken, aired,
picked to pieces, or changed. It was that the carpets and curtains were
always musty;--it was that the furniture was always dusty; it was that
the papered walls were saturated with dirt;--it was that the floors were
never cleaned;--it was that the uninhabited rooms were never sunned, or
cleaned, or aired;--it was that the cupboards were always reservoirs of
foul air;--it was that the windows were always tight shut up at
night;--it was that no window was ever systematically opened, even in
the day, or that the right window was not opened. A person gasping for
air might open a window for himself. But the servants were not taught to
open the windows, to shut the doors; or they opened the windows upon a
dank well between high walls, not upon the airier court; or they opened
the room doors into the unaired halls and passages, by way of airing the
rooms.
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