Alexander Abraham glared at me . `` I 'm not going to have my house meddled with , '' he snapped . `` It suits me . If you do n't like it you can leave it . '' `` No , I ca n't . That is just the trouble , '' I said pleasantly . `` If I could leave it I should n't be here for a minute . Since I ca n't , it simply has to be cleaned . I can tolerate men and dogs when I am compelled to , but I can not and will not tolerate dirt and disorder . Go into the sitting-room . '' Alexander Abraham went . As he closed the door , I heard him say , in capitals , `` WHAT AN AWFUL WOMAN ! '' I cleared that kitchen and the pantry adjoining . It was ten o'clock when I got through , and Alexander Abraham had gone to bed without deigning further speech . I locked Mr. Riley in one room and William Adolphus in another and went to bed , too . I had never felt so dead tired in my life before . It had been a hard day . But I got up bright and early the next morning and got a tiptop breakfast , which Alexander Abraham condescended to eat . When the provision man came into the yard I called to him from the window to bring me a box of soap in the afternoon , and then I tackled the sitting-room . It took me the best part of a week to get that house in order , but I did it thoroughly .
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