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1895
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A shop wife is deserted by her rebellious husband when a rich colonial leases the house across the road and hires the man as caretaker. A variety of suburban robberies unsolved; a male accomplice disguised as the colonel's mother; a murder for which the caretaker is framed; two constables and a wise old ex-policeman; attempted escape by yacht and a castaway colonel are all components of the plot. Harsh depiction of the wife. (PB)
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