Aunt Beardie

Tante Barbe - "Aunt Beardie." Like lots of things, it sounded better in French. But in the opinion of Lockwood, the maid, it was "a very ugly name to give a lady." Furthermore, Lockwood had her doubts about the lady's reputed high birth. Jenny laughed at Lockwood. Everyone liked Aunt Beardie, who might be very eccentric in her habits, but who was so kind, so wise, so interested... Just the person to help her, Jenny thought. But that was later. First, there was a beginning...and later, there was to be an end...