| Housemaid's Routine. | |
|---|---|
| 6:00 a.m. | Get up and open the shutters. |
| 6:15 a.m. | Clean the grates. |
| 7:00 a.m. | Sweep the rooms. |
| 7:30 a.m. | Dust and prepare the downstairs rooms. |
| 8:00 a.m. | Eat breakfast. |
| 8:30 a.m. | Prepare upstairs rooms: turn down beds, open windows, tidy, empty slops, change water; dust and sweep floors. |
| 1:00 p.m. | Lunch and tidy themselves for afternoon chores. |
| 3:30 p.m. | Afternoon chores such as needlework. |