Looking back, it seems to me extraordinary that we should have contemplated having both a nurse and a servant, but they were considered essentials of… - Agatha Christie

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Looking back, it seems to me extraordinary that we should have contemplated having both a nurse and a servant, but they were considered essentials of life in those days, and were the last things we would have thought of dispensing with. To have committed the extravagance of a car, for instance, would never have entered our minds. Only the rich had cars.