Excerpt from The Duchess of Powysland, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel Meanwhile, the Duchess remained in soli tary state in Onslow Gardens; and Elizabeth Woodward, slimmest and discreetest of lady's maids, waited assiduously upon her in her temporary widowhood. The more Linda saw of Elizabeth the better she liked her. There's nothing a capable woman admires so much as capability in others; and the new maid was almost as capable in her own way as Linda herself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.