“I MUST GO!”
Wellington’s task's* and habits, like those of most great men, were very simple. He cared not for pomp or show of any kind. Instead of building- a counterpart to Blemheim, for which the nation had voted him money he bought and improved Strathfieldsaye, an ordinary country gentleman’s house. In his diet he was very abstemious, even to the injury, it is said, of his health. He, of course, kept a first-class French cook for his guests. The cook, it is said, one day suddenly resigned. The Duhc in astonishment, asked the reason. “ Was his salary insufficient ? ” " No, my salary is very handsome ; but I am not appreciated. I cook your dinner myself, a dinner fit for a king. You say nothing. I go out and leave the under-cook to cook your dinner. He gives you a dinner fit for a pig. You say nothing. I am not appreciated. I must go.”
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 189, 12 April 1902, Page 3
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154“I MUST GO!” Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 189, 12 April 1902, Page 3
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