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A Tale of Alice Taft and a Fateful Lookout Hill
In a coastal town a ship owner Richard Taft and his young wife Alice live a comfortable life at Lookout Hill. Rumors of a will and a vanished lover drag Alice into tragedy as Taft falls ill and dies, revealing a codicil that leaves everything to her before a final, shocking discovery about William Black and a perilous sea ending.
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Alice
Mandel
Dicky
Birdie
Richard Toft
Alice Graham
William Black
Widow Black
Woodbine Cottage
Richard
Meade
Mora
Dicky Taft
Indies
Willie Black
Mr. Taft
Mr. Toft
Lookout Hill
Lookoutville
Reesentys
Toft
Emlyns
Peruvia
Ken
Hed Sea
Times
Pernyia
William
Aundry
Mr. Meagre
Faris
Esher
Ore
Seca
Thomas
Tatts Poscedons
Mr. Emlyn
Joe Stez
Bond Street
Melford Regis
Nisan
Fort Harrison
New Market Heights
Trooy
Ord
James River
Conor
Hell
Jananne
America
Aunt Ji He
Thumorg
Ture
Post Office
Washington