Word: valets
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...usual the King was awakened by his valet bringing a cup of tea and his more intimate mail. After breakfast he donned the scarlet & gold of his rank as Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards. A thunderstorm threatened, the morning was muggy-hot and to wear a busby was to be almost drowned in sweat, but His Majesty's duty was clear. Clapping on a great, hot bearskin busby, King Edward swung onto his chestnut charger, rode off to observe his birthday by a ceremonial trooping of the color followed by booming salutes...
...predecessor, Theodore. Magdala's peasants were heartily sick of the war. Many a glum-faced, kinky-polled native spat in the dust as the little imperial party passed. Some crept up to the imperial quarters. A volley of shots crashed through the windows. The Emperor's valet and his chamberlain, both of whom were standing talking to their master, dropped dead. The little Emperor was not scratched...
...same time. Fare and Pullman on the Los Angeles Limited between Chicago and Los Angeles is $82.28. Coach fare on The Challenger between the same points will be $34.50-almost down to bus levels. Travelers on the Los Angeles Limited have at their disposal a maid, hairdresser, barber, valet, bath, buffet, radio and soda fountain...
Sailing with his valet for a vacation in Europe, Bethlehem Steelmaster Charles Michael Schwab pontificated: "Don't strive for riches. That's my advice to young...
...life and death as aspects of a trinity. This attitude, with his handsome face and title, made him a devastating lover but an unsatisfactory husband. While his adoring wile and son lived for his infrequent visits home, Sparkenbroke loved, suffered and wrote in his villa in Italy, with his valet, a kind of super-Jeeves, as his only steady companion. Though apparently he wrote only poetry and poetic novels, his fame was international and his earnings very fair (?6,000 advance royalties on one book). Now & again he made a quick trip back into aristocratic society or home to Sparkenbroke...