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The Mayor's Wife
The story revolves around Miss Saunders, a young woman seeking employment who becomes embroiled in the troubled domestic life of Mrs. Olympia Packard, the wife of the city's mayor, Henry Packard.
"The Mayor's Wife" by Anna Katharine Green is a mystery novel. The story revolves around Miss Saunders, a young woman seeking employment who becomes embroiled in the troubled domestic life of Mrs. Olympia Packard, the wife of the city's mayor, Henry Packard.
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I am not without self-control, yet when Miss Davies entered the room with that air of importance she invariably assumes when she has an unusually fine position to offer, I could not hide all traces of my anxiety.
I needed a position, needed it badly, while the others—
But her eyes are on our faces, she is scanning us all with that close and calculating gaze which lets nothing escape. She has passed me by—my heart goes down, down—when suddenly her look returns and she singles me out.
“Miss Saunders.” Then, “I have a word to say to you.”
There is a rustle about me; five disappointed girls sink back into their seats as I quickly rise and follow Miss Davies out.
In the hall she faced me with these words:
“You are discreet, and you evidently desire a position. You will find a gentleman in my sitting-room. If you come to terms with him, well and good. If not, I shall expect you to forget all about him and his errand the moment you leave his presence. You understand me?”
“I think so,” I replied, meeting her steady look with one equally composed. Part of my strength—and I think I have some strength—lies in the fact that I am quietest when most deeply roused. “I am not to talk whatever the outcome.”
Stirred still further and therefore outwardly even more calm than before, I stopped her as she was moving on and ventured a single query.
“This position—involving secrecy—is it one you would advise me to take, even if I did not stand in need of it so badly?”
Contents
- 01Chapter I. A Spy’s Duty
- 02Chapter II. Questions
- 03Chapter III. In the Gable Window
- 04Chapter IV. Lights—Sounds
- 05Chapter V. The Strange Neighbors Next Door
- 06Chapter VI. At the Stair-Head
- 07Chapter VII. A Moving Shadow
- 08Chapter VIII. The Paragraph
- 09Chapter IX. Scraps
- 10Chapter X. A Glimmer of the Truth
- 11Chapter XI. Bess
- 12Chapter XII. Searchings
- 13Chapter XIII. A Discovery
- 14Chapter XIV. I Seek Help
- 15Chapter XV. Hardly a Coincidence
- 16Chapter XVI. In the Library
- 17Chapter XVII. The Two Weird Sisters
- 18Chapter XVIII. The Morning News
- 19Chapter XIX. The Cry from the Stairs
- 20Chapter XX. Explanation
- 21Chapter XXI. The Cipher
- 22Chapter XXII. Mercy
- 23Chapter XXIII. The Wife’s Tale
- 24Chapter XXIV. The Sins of the Fathers
- 25Chapter XXV. The Finger on the Wall.
- 26Chapter XXVI. “Bitter as the Grave”
- 27Chapter XXVII. A Child’s Playthings
- 28Chapter XXVIII. Restitution
About this edition
- Author
- Anna Katharine Green
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 134 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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