Louise Finds Shelter at Peak Hall in Mystery
Louise and her maid meet John Strangewey and his grim brother Stephen after a car breakdown. They accept shelter at Peak Hall where the Strangeweys reveal a wary, secretive stance toward women and a storied family history. Louise ponders the curious familiarity of the name and the looming encounter with the house’s austere residents.
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Louise
Charles
Aline
Alina
Drewmere
Louie
Joln Strangewey
Lway
Fairyland
John Strangewey
Stephen
John
Peak Hall
Jobo
Jennings
Strangewey
Renson
Edinburgh
Kendal
London
Carlisle
Yennings
Cumberland
Rose
Adam
Louise and John Face a Brief Interlude On The Road
Louise chats with John before resuming her journey. In his mind he realizes he has awakened feelings long dormant.
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Louise
John
Memory and painting at the Corcoran Gallery
A middle aged, stylish woman with a lorgnette misremembers a painting at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. She asks if the work depicts the death of the Lord, and learns it shows the martyrdom of St Sebastian, revealing she recalls the Lord’s death only vaguely.
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
St. Sebastian