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Irene. A. (bohemianscandal) wrote in rooms,
@ 2015-05-09 16:24:00

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*journal, caliban, irene adler, john watson, mina murray, sherlock holmes, vanessa ives

Anonymous
[The writing is sharp, spiked. It is dark and the words are unmarred by splotches: expensive ink does not spread deeply into the paper.]

Wanted

General man-of-all-work. Discretion and a strong stomach required.

Salaried. Uniform paid for.

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	mote 2015-05-09 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	Your salary will needs be very impressive to purchase discretion. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-09 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	If the discretion must be purchased, it can be lost for the better coin of another. I prefer to purchase a candidate's stomach, and perhaps his judgment, but his character must be above bartering. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous mote 2015-05-09 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Then you've need of someone of limited intelligence. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-09 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	You believe that all men whose characters cannot be paid for and purchased, yet who are discreet are of limited intelligence? No requisite wit was made mention of in the advertisement, but common sense is to be expected. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous mote 2015-05-09 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	I think gossip cannot be escaped, both below stairs and above. Loyalty, discretion as you call it, cannot be obtained from strangers without coin. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-10 01:13 pm UTC (link)
	Loyalty and discretion are bedfellows, but distinct. The one cannot be created for coin, the latter might. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous mote 2015-05-10 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	Only the loyal are truly discreet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Anonymous -

bohemianscandal, 2015-05-10 07:31 pm UTC

	Anonymous andstone 2015-05-09 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	When would you need one to start? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-09 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Upon the satisfaction of requisite interview to test character. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous andstone 2015-05-09 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	I find myself with an exquisite amount of time I am wishing to fill. And I believe I satisfy your requirements. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-09 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	Then you may address your references to Mr. E, care of the postal office in Trafalgar Square, for consideration. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous andstone 2015-05-09 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	And if one has no references? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-09 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	One might write outlining one's suitability for the position. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Anonymous andstone 2015-05-09 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	I suspect you shall here from me soon. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mirrorsbehind 2015-05-10 02:11 am UTC (link)
	I wonder at the request for a strong stomach. Are there poor cooks in your employ? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bohemianscandal 2015-05-10 01:14 pm UTC (link)
	Simply appalling ones. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mirrorsbehind 2015-05-12 01:25 am UTC (link)
	It would be my pleasure to send a more qualified one in your direction. It is a poor thing, to have no name. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bohemianscandal 2015-05-12 05:50 am UTC (link)
	Your cook has no name? And you have not yet gifted him with some such? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	As Leif, exotic Norwegian chemist and explorer earhat 2015-05-10 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	[We know that writing.] That would be my question as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-10 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	In my experience, one's ability to hold the contents of one's stomach within is usually indicative of one's constitution more broadly. That, or the kitchens really are dreadful. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous earhat 2015-05-10 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	It's a hard man you're looking for. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-10 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	It is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous earhat 2015-05-10 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	And why? Most gentlewomen of fine penmanship seek flighty maidservants and burly footmen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-11 04:47 am UTC (link)
	Is the vacation of a post indicative of the character of the individual penning the advertisement for the replacement? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)