CHAPTER I.
THE WANDERER.
Biddy Maloney stood at the window of her mistress's bedroom, and surveyed the world with eyes of stern disapproval.

There was nothing of the smart lady's maid about Biddy.

She abominated smart lady's maids.

A flyaway French cap and an apron barely reaching to the knees were to her the very essence of flighty impropriety.

There was just such a creature in attendance upon Lady Grace de Vigne who occupied the best suite of rooms in the hotel, and Biddy very strongly resented her existence.