Tales From The Pantry: A Butler's Diary

From the pantry of an historic country house comes the ongoing diary of its butler, Mr Dean Fielding. I shall be giving you a glimpse of the family I serve and of the lives both 'Below Stairs' and 'Above'. I hope you follow my jottings daily.

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Have been butler here for over 15 years. Having previously, and unusually for these days, worked my way up from footman to under-butler to my current post. You can now follow me on Twitter via: http://www.twitter.com/butlerfielding

Monday, August 13, 2007

Return of the Baronet

Sir Geoffrey, Lady Carstone, and Mr Copeland returned yesterday evening from their trip to the continent. All seemed to enjoy the intense Italian sunshine as far as I can ascertain. It always takes me a little while to get used to Sir Geoffrey with a tan. His is the sort of skin which looks unusual when tanned. His moustache (a soup-strainer affair) looks extraordinarily white when his face has spent time basking in the sun. It sits there, droppingly, daring anyone to pass comment.

After ensuring that the family were settled and unpacked I shared a quick snifter with Copeland to ask how the holiday went. On the whole a good time was had by all. Sir Geoffrey, as usual when in foreign climes, attempted to fit in, and failed in a rather endearing way. He is dreadful at languages and always has been, but, alas, nobody seems to have told him. He attacks the local population, phrase book clutched in one hand, with great enthusiasm, and mangles their noble language beyond all recognition. The only thing worse, Copeland wearily confided in me, than Sir Geoffrey's Italian, was Sir Geoffrey's Italian accent. He cannot escape Eton, even though it has been many years since he was taught there. His accent shines through no matter what language he is speaking.

I have been summoned to 'have a quick chat' with Sir Geoffrey in an hour.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ah, a little piece of England has returned home to the sceptered isle. It seems a better land with Sir Geoffrey back at Carstone. God in his Heaven, lark on the twig, and all that....

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