THE SECRET PASSAGE




CHAPTER I

THE COTTAGE


"What IS your name?"

"Susan Grant, Miss Loach."

"Call me ma'am. I am Miss Loach only to my equals. Your
age?"

"Twenty-five, ma'am."

"Do you know your work as parlor-maid thoroughly?"

"Yes, ma'am. I was two years in one place and six months in
another, ma'am. Here are my characters from both places,
ma'am."