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The story in 10 parts

1. Key idea 1 · free to read

   A kindness earns Rhoda Gray her nickname

   The book opens in a dark alley on the East Side, where a man snatches a purse from a girl. She calmly tells him to hand it back. He sees her face in the lamplight, touches his cap and returns the purse with an apology. She is the White Moll, and in this part of New York the name works like a shield.

   Her real name is Rhoda Gray. Her father was a mining engineer, and she grew up with him in rough camps. In New York, a burglar named Pete McGee, known as the Bussard, broke into their apartment and was caught. He told a story of a sick wife and hungry children. Her father did not believe it. Rhoda did, and she found poverty exactly as the man had described.

   The Bussard told his wife that Rhoda was white all the way through, and the underworld turned that into the White Moll. After her father died, helping the poor gave her a way through her grief.

   Her goodness is her power, because even hardened criminals protect her. But it leaves her with no one to turn to when trouble comes. Kindness without judgment can build a safety no weapon matches.

2. 2

   A dying woman asks for an impossible promise

   One night Rhoda climbs the dark stairs to the attic of Gypsy Nan, a feared old woman known for drink.

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3. 3

   A last request sends Rhoda to Skarbolov's shop

   In a hospital room, Nan knows she is dying.

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4. 4

   Borrowed rags save her from Rough Rorke

   Rorke drags Rhoda toward the street, and a cheerful drunk in fashionable clothes stumbles into them.

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5. 5

   Two strange visitors climb to the attic

   Twenty-four hours later, a stealthy step sounds on the stairs.

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6. 6

   Courage means acting while still afraid

   Rhoda leaves the attic, changes in an abandoned shed and becomes the White Moll again, with a revolver and black gloves.

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7. 7

   A midnight burglary in reverse, then a secret code

   Rhoda travels to the millionaire's house on Fifth Avenue and enters through the garage with Marty's key.

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8. 8

   Duty is the trap that goodness sets

   The strongest idea in the book is that doing right can be costly in ways that do not announce themselves.

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9. 9

   Nothing and no one is quite what they seem

   Disguise runs through every chapter.

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10. 10

    Cliffhangers, darkness and plain, quick prose

    Packard tells the story in short chapters, many of which end with suspense.

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