The Parlour Maid single work   short story   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 The Parlour Maid
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Clever plot by an intriguing parlour maid to win the confidence of her mistress, a London doctor's wife, and thus steal the valuable family silver. Includes the dismissal of an honest servant, a thief masquerading as a High Church clergyman, a pretended garden party and a lucky co-incidence on a railway journey. (PB)

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