Vacuuming the house is a very quick way of sprucing it up simply because you can use the hoover to push everything out of the way. Cleaning an average-size room is also the exercise equivalent of ten minutes on the Nordic Skier, while changing the hoover bag is the mental equivalent of doing a Rubik's cube in a dust storm.

We are some of the sales-ladies - Minnies, Mamies, Susies, Sadies - From the famous house whose trade is The distinction and the glory Of all modern retail story.

Oh, hang him? He's a very Anchorite—a young Hermit!

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