Her Friend Mrs Varian single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1896... 1896 Her Friend Mrs Varian
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Domestic romance set in Northern Hemisphere. For some years Mary Knight has been deceiving her husband, telling him that she has been visiting a friend whenever he was absent from town. A child's illness, a shortened business trip, and a visit from the woman purportedly visited (whose son is in Australia!) reveal the deception. Mary confesses that she visits the children of a hidden former marriage, unrevealed because she feared her husband would cease loving her ... Competent. Loving couple - kindness, restraint, etc. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 31 no. 370 March 1896 Z1051848 1896 periodical issue 1896 pg. 317-319
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