Helen Kefe
Also known as: Helen Kefe, Kefe
Helen Kefe
Marie's English lady's maid in the summer of 1875. «J'ai pris une femme de chambre anglaise» (038.0130, 4 Aug); on 10 August «ma nouvelle femme de chambre, Helen Kefe, une petite Anglaise, âgée de quarante ans, souriante et serviable» (038.0244). Marie sends her ahead as «Kefe» on 11 August (038.0264). Two days later she regrets the choice and dismisses her at the railway station, giving her thirty francs and a ticket valid for a month: «C'était une détestable créature» (038.0304, 12 Aug 1875, the day of the departure from Paris).
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