Events had fallen
out thus. The advertisement for a general servant in the Signal
had been a disheartening failure. A few answers were received, but
of an entirely unsatisfactory character. Constance, a great deal
more than Sophia, had been astounded by the bearing and the
demands of modern servants. Constance was in despair. If Constance
had not had an immense pride she would have been ready to suggest
to Sophia that Amy should be asked to 'stay on.' But Constance
would have accepted a modern impudent wench first. It was Maria
Critchlow who got Constance out of her difficulty by giving her
particulars of a reliable servant who was about to leave a
situation in which she had stayed for eight years. Constance did
not imagine that a servant recommended by Maria Critchlow would
suit her, but, being in a quandary, she arranged to see the
servant, and both she and Sophia were very pleased with the girl--
Rose Bennion by name. The mischief was that Rose would not be free
until about a month after Amy had left. Rose would have left her
old situation, but she had a fancy to go and spend a fortnight
with a married sister at Manchester before settling into new
quarters.
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