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== In Conan Doyle stories ==<br />
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=== [SH] A Scandal in Bohemia (1891) ===<br />
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* Former maid of the Watsons. Mrs. Watson has given her notice as the maid was incorrigible ([[SCAN]] {{refcanon|SCAN|43}}).<br />
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=== The Man with the Watches (1898) ===<br />
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* "Mary Jane" is Victorian shorthand for a maid-of-all-work / housemaid — a generic servant name.<br />
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: « ''Now you'll never make a Mary Jane of yourself while I can help it.'' » ([[WATC]] {{refcanon|WATC|246}}).<br />
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* So the line means: "You're not going to turn yourself (i.e., disguise yourself as) into a servant while I can stop it."<br />
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