 Ellie is a laundry maid at Queen Elizabeth's court, who later in the series (the book "Haunted") becomes Lady Grace's tiring woman by way of reward for an act of bravery in defeating a villain in broad daylight, in front of the rest of the Court.She is very good friends with Grace and Masou and she often assists them in solving the hardest of mysteries.Ellie is very superstitious - in "Jinx" and "Haunted" she insists upon carting a massive bag of amulets around with her, even when sailing down the Thames and walking the dogs through muddy fields!