Letty Barlow — Joan Mellows

She was but seventeen when her father's sudden death wrenched the calm and quiet out of Letty Barlow's existence. Her previously well-ordered schoolteacher's life was about to change forever.

The kindness shown by her late father's employer had been overwhelming and had thrust Letty into a social whirl far above her station. Soon Letty had two admirers -- the charming and attentive John Chaplin, and Charles Despard, whose sardonic wit and realistic outlook had drawn Letty to him at once.

Now, with two swains and a new job as companion to a young, recently-widowed Countess, Letty had surely entered into a wonderful new world. Until that mysterious face appeared in the window. Then, all too quickly, it became apparent that someone -- or something -- was trying to frighten the Countess ... or worse. Could Letty, aided by the man she loved, solve the puzzle? Or was her own life in danger as well?