1. "Mother had walked into her own bedroom by then but Lars, the butler, was in there... "Please define " butler".
the main chief male servant of the house.
2." Men in fantastic uniforms, women with typewriters that he had to keep his mucky hands off..." Please define"mucky".
covered with dirt or filth.
3. " The new house, however, stood all on its own in an empty,desolate place and there were no other houses anywhere to be seen..." Please define "desolate".
( of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.
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