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The Remains of the Day 屏幕快照 2020-11-22 下午7.17.36, Citation, Coco 12-1,…

- - - - Her marriage is unhappy
- - - - Stevens once again discussed the "great" quality of butlers. He said that a housekeeper should be associated with a prominent family, but the "outstanding" housekeepers of his time were different from the previous generation of housekeepers. The employers they were looking for could promote human progress. Besides being aristocratic, the employers had noble morality.
      - A man came out of the house to fix Stevens's car. He asked Stevens where he was a housekeeper. When Stevens answered that he was Darlington manor, the man asked if Stevens had ever worked for Lord Darlington, but Stevens denied it.
      - Stevens is not the first time he has denied working for Lord Darlington. He did it once, when the wakefields came to see Mr. Faraday. Stevens denied that working for Lord Darlington was to avoid "unhappiness.".
      - Stevens thinks Darlington was a man of great moral stature.
  - - - Stevens, Miss Kenton's Messenger, began to recall the days when he worked with Miss Kenton and his father at danglington hall.
        Miss Kenton believes that no matter how great Stevens' father was, her abilities were greatly weakened by age and illness. Although the mistakes made so far are trivial, she feels that it is only a matter of time before something serious happens. She told Stevens about it, but Stevens refuted her concerns and refused to take action. However, her concerns were confirmed. Stevens' father fell on the sidewalk where Lord Darlington served two guests. However, Stevens's father refused to accept the instructions for the reduction and firmly said that his fall was due to the bending of the steps. Finally, he died during the conference.
      - The conference in Darlington hall are informal. Many influential people attended the meeting. There were two key figures at the meeting: one was Mr. DuPont, a French gentleman, and the other was Mr. Lewis, an American senator. Lord Darlington, aware of the French retaliation against the Germans, was particularly interested in persuading Mr. DuPont to revise his views on the Treaty of Versailles. The next night, after Lord Darlington's dinner and a toast to "peace and justice in Europe", Mr. DuPont stood up to reveal the negative impact that Mr. Lewis of the United States was trying to have on the process of the conference. Finally, he toasted and thanked Lord Darlington. However, Mr Lewis stood up and accused everyone present as "a group of naive dreamers.".
      - When Stevens assessed his performance during the 1923 conference, he concluded that he showed the dignity of an ideal butler.
  - - - Looking back on the episode about Jewish staff. Lord Darlington fired two Jewish maids. Miss Kenton said it was wrong to fire the maids just because they were Jewish, and claimed that if they were fired, she would also resign.
      - A year later, Miss Kenton still did not resign from Darlington. Stevens told Miss Kenton that Lord Darlington regretted firing the maids and asked Stevens to try to track them down. Stevens told Miss Kenton that the dismissal of the two maids at that time was also painful for him.
      - A maid named Lisa was hired to fill the shortage caused by the dismissal of two Jewish maids. Stevens didn't think Lisa would do well, but miss Kenton was determined to prove him wrong. Although Lisa's behavior was not optimistic at first, it improved a lot after a few weeks. Miss Kenton thinks Stevens is biased against beautiful women.
  - - - Steven's first day of the trip ended at a hostel in Salisbury and he looked back on his day. On the way, when he realized that he had really left the hall, he felt both uneasy and excited. That afternoon in Salisbury, he had tea at the hostel and then went out to explore the town. According to Mrs. Simmons' travel guide, he visited the beautiful cathedral and was attracted by the view of the city. However, what he recalled most vividly was the panoramic view of the English countryside at the top of the mountain in the morning, and Stevens summed up what he saw with the word "great".
      - These ideas enabled Stevens to share his views on greatness. Although Stevens is not a fan of the Hayes Association, he believes that "dignity" best reflects the difference between a great housekeeper and those who are merely very competent. Stevens thinks his father is a "dignify" housekeeper. Stevens recalled that his father often told the story of a housekeeper working in India, which revealed his father's ideal and the kind of housekeeper he was trying to become. In addition, another story is about Stevens' father and his father's two drunken guests at Mr. John silvers' estate. The last story is about Stevens' brother Leonard. Stevens's father served as a valet to the general who indirectly killed his son. In spite of his personal pain, he performed his duties perfectly. Stevens's father also gave tips to charity.
  - - - Stevens recalled driving with Dr. Carlisle in the morning to refuel his car. Dr. Carlyle said he knew Stevens was not really a gentleman. Stevens said he didn't want to deceive anyone in his position.
      - Stevens wondered why Miss Kenton didn't come into her room when she heard that her aunt had died. At the time, he said, he felt a special feeling inside. Then he suddenly changed his mind and said that perhaps the moment he remembered was not the day miss Kenton learned of her aunt's death, but another time a few months later, he stood outside her door again.
      - Miss Kenton told Stevens that she was going to take a night off and reminded him that she had asked for leave a month ago because the man she was meeting had proposed to her and she was still thinking about it.
      - Lord Darlington and his godson were tense at the dinner. Darlington was waiting for the guests, but he refused to tell the Godson who the guests were. After dinner, they quarreled in the smoking room.
      - Miss Kenton told Stevens that she had accepted an offer from an acquaintance. Stevens briefly congratulated her. Stevens told Miss Kenton that a global event was happening in the house and he had to go upstairs.
      - Stevens went to the basement to get a bottle of wine. Miss Kenton apologized for making fun of him just now. As he passed Miss Kenton's room, he felt Miss Kenton crying. I don't know why Stevens firmly believed that she was crying, but Stevens did not comfort Miss Kenton. As he stood outside the living room, a sense of victory came to him.
  - - - Stevens brought up the subject as he served Mr farraday afternoon tea. When Stevens explained that the former housekeeper lived in the western rural area he was planning to visit, he realized that he had not yet discussed the idea of adding staff. Mr Farraday thought that Stevens has a girlfriend and he wants to visit her. His understatement embarrassed Stevens. However, the housekeeper remained professional and soon Mr Farraday agreed to the trip and offered to pay for the gas.
      - Now Stevens is thinking about a journey, which proposed by Mr Farraday. Mr Farraday even invited Stevens to use his car and he is willing to foot the bill for the gas. Stevens initially rejected the idea until a letter from a former employee, Miss Kenton, arrived. After reading a few letters, Stevens believed it implied Miss Kenton's desire to return to Darlington hall. Stevens wants her back because Darlington hall is understaffed. Stevens wants to visit Miss Kenton to see whether she is really interested in going back to work.
      - Stevens went on to reflect on the new employer's love of "joking", which Stevens thought that this was because Mr Farraday is American. Stevens believed that this is undoubtedly "a sign of good and friendly understanding between employers and employees". Even so, Stevens worries that if he does not join, it will be seen as an oversight.
      - Stevens recalled that when Darlington hall often held elite parties, other housekeepers accompanied their employers. Many butlers exchanged views on various work problems. However, now Stevens was not likely to get a good chance to communicate with other butlers.
  - - - Miss Kenton is old, but very elegant, and Stevens is very happy to see her again. Stevens and miss Kenton told each other about their lives over the past 20 years. Miss Kenton told Stevens that she was moving back to her husband's house. The meeting lasted two hours and miss Kenton said she had to go home. Stevens drove her to a bus stop not far from the village. Stevens asked Miss Kent a question: he asked if she was being abused in some way because her letters were often unpleasant. Miss Kenton said her husband had not abused her at all. Miss Kenton said that sometimes she thought she had made a big mistake in her life. "For example, I began to think about the life I might be with you, Mr. Stevens.".
      - A man came up and sat down next to Stevens, on a bench on the dock, and began to talk to him. Stevens told the man that he had given him everything he had to give Lord Darlington; and although he was trying to please his new employer, he felt that he was making more and more mistakes.
  - - - Stevens takes a midmorning tea. He sees a directional sign for the village of Mursden. Mursden was the location of Giffen and Co., which is a silver polish company. Giffen company was founded because noble families paid more and more attention to having fine polished silver. Stevens claims that Mr. Marshall is a contemporary butler and Stevens also thinks that he is "great". He is the first butler who notice the polishing of silverware.
      - The customers at the bar chat with Stevens. However, Stevens' ridicule led to silence, which made Stevens moved and disappointed because he was trying to improve his skill recently.
      - Stevens recalled the surprise of the guests in Darlington hall at the silverware. Lord Darlington told Stevens that although Halifax felt bad at first, he feel joy with silver coins. It made Stevens happy and satisfied.
      - Stevens thought of one thing that shocked him. One day, he saw that he brought Mr. Farraday a wrong folk. After he found this mistake, Stevens quickly removed the faulty cutlery and replaced it with a new one. He was embarrassed by his mistake. And he thought that if Miss Kenton came back, such a mistake would be avoided.