In the scullery she found several fat demijohns of brown liquid bubbling through airlocks.

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She later learnt that the matter that was fermenting in the scullery was nothing more than tea wine.

BBC: CLOUD ATLAS, BY DAVID MITCHELL

Thus Australia is sometimes described as a Cinderella economy, transformed from a poor scullery maid to a glittering princess.

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She wiped the tray and dried it, and hung the damp tea towel on the line in the scullery.

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The front page, as always, was filled with three- and four-line advertisements for Newcastle, Silkstone, or Wall's-End coal, Bailey's elastic stockings, ladies' abdominal belts, Pulvermacher's Patent Galvanic Chain Bands, Antakos corn plasters, Iceland Liniment for chilblains, and "Want Places" appeals from wet nurses, scullery maids, and cooks, each willing to supply testimonials about their skills and finer qualities.

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