:29:04
That's what 22 years of Vera Donovan
will do to you.
:29:11
Mrs. Donovan, I promise
there won't be any boys.
:29:14
You're excused, Susan.
:29:15
But Mrs. Donovan, please! I love--
:29:16
Look on the bright side, dear.
:29:18
You may not have gotten the job...
:29:20
...but think what fun you'll have
telling your friends...
:29:23
...what a bitch Vera Donovan is.
:29:27
Next!
:29:32
l've been working since l was 13 years old.
:29:34
Started by housekeeping in a hotel.
By the time l left there and high school...
:29:38
...l was cleaning three floors all by myself.
:29:41
l took care of my father's house
after my mother passed on.
:29:43
l'm married and l have a daughter.
:29:45
This is a big house, but l'm a big woman,
and l think l can do a good job.
:29:48
l do not pretend to be an easy woman
to work for.
:29:53
Dolores.
:29:57
This house has a number of rules.
:30:00
l'm sure you've heard them secondhand.
:30:02
But l'll tell you in person...
:30:04
...so we can avoid a teary scene later on.
:30:06
l like all the windows open every day
for at least two hours....
:30:10
She did have her ways, did she ever.
:30:13
I don't know where she got her ideas,
but I do know she was a prisoner of them.
:30:16
The silver has to be checked and...
:30:17
...cleaned every week. It may look clean
to you, but I like to see my face in it.
:30:22
The tubs had to be scrubbed out every day
with vinegar and baking soda.
:30:25
Tablecloths, napkins, handkerchiefs...
:30:27
...everything hand-washed,
ironed and starched.
:30:30
Mildew was grounds for firing.
:30:32
The sheets.
Now, that was one thing you didn't...
:30:34
...ever want to get wrong.
:30:36
You could've cut off
her high-flown snobbish nose...
:30:38
...and she'd still smell
a sheet that had hung outside...
:30:40
...from one baked in the dryer.
:30:43
Excuse me, Mr. Donovan.
:30:45
Do you have to do that now?
:30:47
Talk to the Missus.
:30:48
Her husband...
:30:49
...Jack.
:30:50
He only came up once all summer.
:30:52
Most of which he spent
ignoring her anyway.
:30:54
She could'vejust as easy
had the clothesline beside the house.
:30:57
But not Vera Donovan. No, ma'am.
:30:59
She had to have the south wind blowin'
through her linens.