The story of a strange, impenetrable, charming woman. Miss Hurd is certainly a very unusual person: âMiss Hurd in the garb of a working woman, and with a working womanâs bundle in her lap, but striking as ever in her appearance â possibly more so, âand as conspicuous among the mass of commonplace people surrounding her as she had ever been when clad in the habiliments of a lady and moving among persons of her own rank in lifeâ.