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"Well, you know, some say she is the daughter of a duke, others that
she was born in the gutter, and that the handle has been soldered
on to her name in order to give her style and influence.
"I could say a lot, of course, but "my lips are sealed," as the poets
say. All through her successful career at the Yard she honoured me
with her friendship and confidence, but when she took me in partnership,
as it were, she made me promise that I would never breathe a word
of her private life, and this I swore on my Bible oath
I may die," and all the rest of it.
"Yes, we always called her "my lady," from the moment that she was
put at the head of our section; and the chief called her "Lady Molly"
in our presence. We of the Female Department are dreadfully snubbed
by the men, though don't tell me that women have not ten times as
much intuition as the blundering and sterner sex; my firm belief is
that we shouldn't have half so many undetected crimes if some of the
so-called mysteries were put to the test of feminine investigation."
So begins Lady Molly story. Published in 1910, Lady Molly is the
ladies answer to Sherlock Holmes and a worthy comparision. But more than
that Lady Molly and the Female Depratment predate the first women
police in Scotland yard by many years.
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