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Three Men and a Maid by P. G. Wodehouse

Through the curtained windows of the furnished apartment whichMrs. Horace Hignett had rented for her stay in New York rays ofgolden sunlight peeped in like the foremost spies of some advancingarmy. It was a fine summer morning. The hands of the Dutch clock inthe hall pointed to thirteen minutes past nine; those of the ormoluclock in the sitting-room to eleven minutes past ten; those of thecarriage clock on the bookshelf to fourteen minutes to six. Inother words, it was exactly eight; and Mrs. Hignett acknowledgedthe fact by moving her head on the pillow, opening her eyes, andsitting up in bed. She always woke at eight precisely.

Was this Mrs. Hignett the Mrs. Hignett, the world-famous writeron Theosophy, the author of "The Spreading Light," "What of theMorrow," and all the rest of that well-known series? I'm glad youasked me. Yes, she was. She had come over to America on a lecturingtour. more.....