\"Do you know who I am?\" asked my mistress.
\"Yes, Madame, I read in the papers...\"
\"Good! then you know something of my business. I may as well tell you at once that I do not need a maid. That was merely a pretext.\"
The girl looked at her, greatly startled.
\"Oh, you have nothing to fear,\" Mme. Storey went on. \"I merely wished to satisfy myself that you were an honest and a faithful girl. I am satisfied of it. I mean
\"Do you know who I am?\" asked my mistress.
\"Yes, Madame, I read in the papers...\"
\"Good! then you know something of my business. I may as well tell you at once that I do not need a maid. That was merely a pretext.\"
The girl looked at her, greatly startled.
\"Oh, you have nothing to fear,\" Mme. Storey went on. \"I merely wished to satisfy myself that you were an honest and a faithful girl. I am satisfied of it. I mean
