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But his holiday is disturbed by the memories of his past service to the late Lord Darlington, and most of all by the painful recollections of his friendship with the housekeeper, Miss Kenton. For the first time in his life, Stevens is forced to wonder if all his actions were for the best after all ... A sad and humorous love story, and a witty meditation on the democratic responsibilities of the ordinary man .  \nFirst published in Great Britain in 1989 by Faber and Faber Limited London  \nFirst Charnwood Edition published November 1990  \nby arrangement with Faber & Faber Limited London Copyright © 1989 by Kazuo Ishiguro All rights reserved British Library CIP Data  \nIshiguro, Kazuo, 1954-The remains of the day.-Large print ed. Charnwood library series I. Title  \n823[F]  \nISBN 0-7089-8564-5  \nPublished by  \nF. A. Thorpe (Publishing) Ltd.  \nAnstey, Leicestershire  \nSet by Words & Graphics Ltd.  \nAnstey, Leicestershire  \nPrinted and bound in Great Britain by  \nT.J. Press {Padstow} Ltd., Padstow, Cornwall In memory of Mrs Lenore Marshall.  \nPrologue: July 1956  \nDarlington Hall  \nIT seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days. An expedition, I should say, which I will undertake alone, in the comfort of Mr Farraday's Ford; an expedition which, as I foresee it, will take me through much of the finest countryside of England to  \nthe West Country, and may keep me away from Darlington Hall for as much as five or six days. The idea of such a journey came about, I should point out, from a most kind suggestion put to me by Mr Farraday himself one afternoon almost a fortnight ago, when I had been dusting the portraits in the library. In fact, as I recall, I was upon the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves . On seeing my person, he took the opportunity to inform me that he had just that moment finalized plans to return to the United States for a period of five weeks between August and September. Having made this announcement, my employer put his volumes down on a table, seated himself on the chaise-longue, and stretched out his legs. It was then, gazing up at me, that he said:  \n“You realize, Stevens, I don’t expect you to be locked up here in this house all the time I'm away. Why don't you take the car and drive off somewhere for a few days? You look like you could make good use of a break.\"  \nComing out of the blue as it did, I did not quite know how to reply to such a suggestion. I recall thanking him for his consideration, but quite probably I said nothing very definite for my employer went on:  \n\"I'm serious, Stevens . I really think you should take a break. I'll foot the bill for the gas. You fellows, you're always locked up in these big Houses helping out, how do you ever get to see around this beautiful country of yours?\" This was not the first time my employer had raised such a question; indeed, it seems to be something which genuinely troubles him. On this occasion, in fact, a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder; a reply to the effect that those of our profession, although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites, did actually 'see'  \nmore of England than most, placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered","cbCaiexo912XpJzK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiexo912XpJzK","pdf",1132194,229,"English","# Prologue: July 1956\n## Darlington Hall","[{\"question\":\"Who is Stevens, and where does he go in July 1956?\",\"answer\":\"Stevens is an ageing butler. 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