The indiscretions of a lady's maid : Being some strange stories related by…
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"The indiscretions of a lady's maid" by William Le Queux is a collection of mystery stories written in the early 20th century. Told through the confessions of Mariette Le Bas, a savvy French lady’s maid, it peers behind elegant doors to reveal flirtations, swindles, thefts, and scandals in high society. Expect brisk, sensational episodes where a servant’s calm eye unmasks the secrets of the fashionable set. At the start of this collection,
Mariette recounts a run of employers whose glossy lives hide sharp intrigues. With the Englehearts in Bayswater and at Monte Carlo, a flirtation with a supposed American millionaire and a butler’s collusion turn into a failed blackmail scheme that backfires, scattering the household and her job. In Bournemouth, the impeccable Lady Allardyce’s hidden drawer of jewels and tools foreshadows the arrest of her “friend” as a master jewel thief—later revealed to be her son. In Grosvenor Street, a newspaper proprietor’s wife entangles herself with a financier; after Mariette tails a visitor, the man is found shot, and a desperate confession shows the killing sprang from a struggle to retrieve explosive political papers—leaving Mariette to supply an alibi and then be quietly paid off. The next episode opens at the Savoy with the cosmopolitan Ashley-Bonds and their enigmatic friends, hinting at fresh intrigue to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Le Queux, William, 1864-1927 |
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| Title | The indiscretions of a lady's maid : Being some strange stories related by Mademoiselle Mariette Le Bas, femme-de-chambre |
| Original Publication | London: Eveleigh Nash, 1911. |
| Contents | Madame's gentleman friend -- The wardrobe drawer -- Little Mrs. Otway -- The Noah's ark -- Guilty bonds -- The mystery of Monsieur -- The chamber of secrets -- What was in the strong room -- Concerns two visitors -- Contains some revelations -- A queer ménage -- A peer of the realm -- Concerning Madame's luggage -- Madame and the butler -- The people at Lancaster Gate. |
| Credits | Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Mystery and detective stories |
| Subject | Household employees -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77575 |
| Release Date | Dec 30, 2025 |
| Last Update | Jan 1, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 276 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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