700 Common Word Reading and Dictation Exercise no. 7
700 Common Word Reading and Dictation Exercise no. 7
It was not often that Mr. Wells left his house for every many hours with no one in it. During the day Miss Black was there for most of the time. Miss Black could not be called his housekeeper, as he himself kept watch on the stores and on the money spent. In fact, he bought most of the food, cleaning materials, and so on, on his way some from the office, and merely passed them to Miss Black to put away. No, Miss Black could not be given the high-sounding name of housekeeper, but neither could she be called the woman who did for him. She fell somewhere between these two high and low points. She was a daily help of the most valuable kind, and she looked after the house of Mr. Wells with as much care as she would have looked after her own, and in the evening she went off, and even Mr. Wells did not know where she went or what she did. During the day, therefore, his house was in good hands. In the evening there was himself and there was his brother. Generally they were both at home, for n…
