The Le Queux, William 1864-1927 creator text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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. Release date is 2025-12-30 Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) Originally published: London: Eveleigh Nash, 1911 Mystery and detective stories Household employees -- Fiction PR London: Eveleigh Nash, 1911 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112049090233 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77575 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112049090233 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77575 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134810.0 77575