In the long hours when there were no customers to show she was expected to lend a hand with some of the unskilled tasks — running errands and making tea, unpicking a seam or a hem, even sewing on a button or a hook and eye when she had been taught the proper way to do it.
In the long hours when there were no customers to show she was expected to shake hands with some of the unskilled tasks — running errands and making tea, unpicking a seam or a hem, even sewing on a button or a hook and eye when she had been taught the proper way to do it.