A widow who cleans gentleman's flats for a living is talking to a painter whose flat she is cleaning. She tells the painter that her husband Bill called her Lady Wipers as a joke when he came home from fighting in World War One on leave. He only kissed her once when he came back, and it was just before he got on the train to go back to Wipers for the last time. He told her that if he died, to go to Wipers and tell them that she owned land there, because her husband Bill fought for that land. Lady Wipers met Bill before the war started. She was going home from washing door steps when she saw Bill lying in the street, having been beaten after drinking too much. She took him home and called a doctor to stitch his wounds. Bill was grateful and took her out to the pub in the evenings. When she told him she was pregnant, he married her. Lady Wipers lost the baby before it was born, and Bill was devastated. He started drinking heavily and occasionally beat her. When the war came, he joined the army. Lady Wipers cried when he left. He sent her letters often, and for the next three years he visited on leave six times. It was very hard on Lady Wipers when she heard the news about his death, and she stopped walking home through the park because she did not want to see the couples walking together. With Bill's pension and her own earnings, she saved up a lot of money. One day, Lady Wipers is talking to her friend, who reveals that there was an unveiling of a memorial the other day in Wipers for the soldiers who were killed there whose bodies were not found. Lady Wipers says that this is what happened to Bill, and she is offended that she was not invited with other widows to see the memorial. She decides to go to Wipers to see Bill's name on the memorial, even though she has never been outside of London. She makes it to Wipers, and is surprised that it is not in ruins like how Bill described it. She finds the memorial, and after searching for hours she finally finds Bills name. She keeps walking and sees fields of flowers, and she is happy that Bill is laying among the flowers. She sits down near the field to rest, and falls asleep. Lady Wipers dreams of Bill, and they are rich and going to see the Queen. She is woken up by a police officer. Her purse is gone, along with her money and return tickets. The police keeps asking her questions in a foreign language and shouting at her. He does not understand her, and he takes her to the station. Finally, they send a police man who speaks English to talk with her. She explains the situation, saying that she came to see her husband's name and she is insulted. A new man comes into the station, and she thinks he might be the mayor. The mayor heard Lady Wiper's story, and she tells him that her husband always said she owned a bit of Wipers. The mayor gives her return tickets and money and is very nice to her. When Lady Wipers gets to Calais, a reporter asks if she is Lady Wipers, and then corrects himself and asks if she is Mrs. Blodgett, her real name. He asks why she said she owned a bit of Wipers, and she explains how her husband used to call her Lady Wipers, and that he fought in the war. The reporters meet Lady Wipers in London, and they hound her with questions for days and take pictures of her. She is in multiple different papers, and is sent telegrams by many people. She thinks that the attention is silly. It is now three months later, and people have forgotten about her. She remarks about how fleeting fame is. She is grateful that she is better off now, and does not have to clean doorsteps for a living. She says that she is better off than thousands of others, and she always tries to be thankful for what she has.