Tam - precisely.

Fiolar - When you are "in service" - that is what you are. Should they (personal servants and attendants) displace others in similar positions? Should they be kept on in memory of their departed mistress? Some things have NOT changed since 1066. That's just a fact.

It CAN be life-long emplyment - usually for the life of the person you are waiting upon. Not that I agree with the system, simply, it IS the system - and will be until everyone is totally equal in every way.

Regards -

Pete