Maid in Waiting
For three days, Tom Fisher, the game-keeper's son, had not been close enough to any of the maids who worked in the big house even to speak to. After the day he and his father jointly delighted Lady Astley, the wife of their aristocratic (and very autocratic) employer, it seemed that the indoor staff had been thrown into a frenzy of activity, and no-one had had any time for leisure activities. Or pleasure activities. His father had been to see the Cook, and although for once he did not get...