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The Second Latchkey

by A. M. Williamson C. N. Williamson

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About This Book

The Second Latchkey is written by Charles Norris Williamson and his wife Alice Muriel Williamson. The story begins with a young British woman, the daughter of a clergyman, who has worked as a personal maid and carer to an annoying elderly woman for the past five years in order to support herself and her lifestyle. She responds to a newspaper ad placed by a supposedly wealthy elderly guy looking for a wife out of a need for change. At the restaurant where he told her to meet him, but after waiting for him and sitting at the restaurant, she met with a man and both of them sat together. As romanc...

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