text: We are quite a war household ; nothing is wasted here , every scrap of waste paper , even , is saved and sent away in sacks . " I expressed my appreciation , and John took me into the house and up the broad staircase , which forked right and left half-way to different wings of the building .
  
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  I appreciated the estate helping in the war effort , but with their mass of resources , it was kind of expected .