L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844-1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork. She later moved to London, where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879.Judy, 'the young mutineer, ' is the darling of her sister Hilda. Hilda, in course of time, is married, and Judy pines for her. She has to be brought to the new home, and there becomes a cause of division between the wife and her husband, a conscientious but not sympathetic person. However, there is remedy for the trouble, and it comes from the person who causes it