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The Rider household and the secret knight
Jefferson returns from Europe to confront his father and the Bagley intrigue at the Ryder mansion. Kate Roberts flirts with Bagley while Jefferson suspects a plot around Miss Rossmore and Senator Roberts, amid the Millionaires’ District shadowed by the “American Octopus” controversy.
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Jefferson
Massapequa
John Burkett Ryder
Mr. Ryder
Eudoxia
New York
Gotham
Millionaires’ District
Carnegie Hill
Fiftieth Street
Fifth and
Madison Avenues
Fifth Avenue
Ryder
Europe
Shirley
Ness“sore
America
United States
Fitzroy Bagley
Mr. Bagley
Fitzroy
Senator Roberts
England
Jefferson Ryder
Miss Rossmoore
Elon Fitzroy
Styders
Bagley
Father
National Republican Committee
Ellison
Secret Service
Washington
Kate Roberts
Frello
Kate
Jeff
Miss Roberts
Mr. Jefferson Ryder
Ing
Fitz
Mrs. Ryder
Tello