Chasing Time

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)

The Shadow of Great Britain

Compared to male servants, female servants were in an absolutely disadvantaged position in this employment relationship.


In Britain's traditional view, women, especially unmarried young women, were considered to have minds similar to children, and therefore absolutely incapable of full agency.


Employers were not only their employers but also their guardians, and thus enjoyed authority over their lives.


Such great power naturally brought many problems, such as various economic or physical punishments by employers against maids, or those often occurring plotlines from the single-volume novels in Eld's bookcase.


Miss Megan and Miss Catherine, as mentioned by Becky Sharp, who turned to the sex trade, were mostly former maids who were dismissed after improper relations with their employers were discovered.


Once maids acquired such a reputation in the industry, it became quite unlikely for them to find work again.


Chapter 267: Fame and Fortune (5K)_3