Miss Civilization

A file scrapes at the window on the night after Christmas. Alice Gardner whispers into the telephone for a wrecking train—and tells the station agent the burglars will be waiting.

Snow falls outside the country house on Long Island, where Alice is keeping watch beside her very ill mother. Three men have come for the family’s silver, but Alice has no intention of letting them frighten her mother—or leave with the spoils. As the burglars creep through the dark, she must keep her voice low, her nerve steady, and the railroad crew moving fast. Richard Harding Davis turns a midnight break-in into a nimble comedy of manners, where the thieves may discover that their hostess is not the only one who knows how to take charge. What happens when Alice comes face to face with her uninvited guests?

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