The Mayor's Wife
Mystery & Suspense
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THE MAYOR’S WIFE by Anna Katherine Green CHAPTER I. A SPY’S DUTY 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
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THE MAYOR’S WIFE by Anna Katherine Green CHAPTER I. A SPY’S DUTY 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