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Biddy Maloney, a disapproving maid, scrutinizes the world from her mistress's bedroom, embodying traditional values and disdain for modernity. Her contempt is directed at a flashy French maid attending Lady Grace de Vigne, whom she views as a shameless hussy lacking decency. Biddy's resentment is intensified by the fact that Lady Grace's party has occupied the best suite for weeks before her own arrival, highlighting themes of class rivalry and the clash between old-fashioned propriety and contemporary attitudes.