Women Wanted

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Excerpt from Women Wanted: The Story Written in Blood Red Letters on the Horizon of the Great World WarI hear it yet, the ringing challenge from the war Offices Of Europe. Automatically my hand slides over my left hip. But today my tailored skirt drapes smoothly there.The chamois bag that for months has bulged be neath is gone. As regularly as I fastened my garters every morning I have been wont to buckle the safety belt about my waist and straighten the bag at my Side and feel with careful fingers for its tight Shut clasp. You have to be thoughtful like that when you're carrying credentials on which at any moment your personal safety, even your life may depend. As faithfully as I looked under the bed at night I always counted them over: my letter Of credit for my blue enveloped police book, and my pass port criss-crossed with visés in the varied colours Of all the rubber stamps that must Officially vouch for me along my way. Ah, they were still all there.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.