THE SECRET PASSAGE 

 

 by 

 Fergus Hume 

 

 CONTENTS 

 

 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." 

 As the girl spoke she laid two papers before the sharp old lady who questioned her. But Miss Loach did not look at them immediately. She examined the applicant with such close attention that a faint color tinted the girl's cheeks and she dropped her eyes. But, in her turn, by stealthy glances, Susan Grant tactfully managed to acquaint herself 

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