"Mrs. Biggs, Aunt?" exclaimed Lucy demurely.

"Biggs or Briggs, madam, it is not of the slightest consequence. Ipresume that persons in my rank of life are not expected to knoweverybody's name in Magdeburg Square?" (Lady Gorgon had a home inBaker Street, and a dismal home it was.) "N0T here," continuedshe, rightly interpreting Lucy's silence, "N0T here?--and may I askhow long is it that youthful ladies have been allowed to walk abroadwithout chaperons, and to--to take a part in such scenes as thatwhich we have just seen acted?"