James Ellington was a butler and a caterer, but he was prosperous by African-American standards of the time, and extensively self-educated thanks to the library of his employer, a doctor.
"The curtain went up and revealed a piano," Sondheim recalled. "a butler took a duster and brushed it up, tinkling the keys."
There may not be a rubber-nipple-equipped Batsuit, nor a trusty butler.
The butler is in charge of the wine cellar.
Threepwood stands in Record Road, originally called Beach Road: Beach is the name of Lord Emsworth's butler.
The woman of the house gave their butler, Jervis, the night off. She said they would return home very late, and she hoped he would enjoy his evening.
A good butler knows just how to rouse one after a boozy night and now anyone can wake feeling pampered to the indulgent tones of the consummate valet.
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