Hidden motives in the Llyn Mawr dam town
In Bremchester the Llyn Mawr dam project brings employment and quiet prosperity to a navvy settlement. Mr X the grocer thrives unexpectedly, while Jack Carstairs arrives with a mysterious interest. Carstairs grows curious about Mr X and the town’s strange nocturnal railway carriage illusion.
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Bremchester
Llyn Mawr
Lin Marr
Snowdon
Duncan Hughes
Mr. X
Jack Carstairs
Birmingham
Carstairs
Wilds
Murderer’s confession unravels a Birmingham case in a Welsh town
Carstairs learns Edgar Brownlow aka Mr X confessed to Ruth Lee’s murder. The railway carriage linked to the crime sits opposite his door prompting a fatal resolve. Shelford and others recount the eerie coincidence and Brownlow’s final act as a search for peace ends in death.
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Mr. X
Edgar Brownlow
Carstairs
Carstair
God
Ruth Lee
Shelford
Birmingham
Reading the Wayne Library Romance Opens in Mystery
Anne Blair arrives as visiting secretary to Mr Wayne to recatalog shelves in his mansion. While alone she encounters a masked intruder, falls from a stepladder into his arms, and is saved by a mysterious man who later identifies himself as the visitor. The scene ends with her clutched to The Age of Fable as romance and danger mingle.
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Anne Blair
Gregory Wayne
Sarah
Anne
Wayne Library
Bulfinch
Mrs. Babb
Mr. Wayne
Gregor Wayne
Mending Romance on the Moonlit River Bench
Caroline Ellis sits alone in moonlight above the river near the pavilion built on the old school site. The memory of Carl Wilson’s marriage and a long lost love resurfaces, shaking her resolve as she fears being seen by the seminary girls and her own failing status as a proper chaperone.
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Iss Caroline Ellis
Men’s College
Miss Smiley
Carl Wilson
Caroline
Miss Ellis
Marriage mix up sparks long awaited reunion
In a Brooklyn scene a recently married couple face a frugal stretch with a near empty larder. The wife laments the lack of food and tears, while the husband cheerfully volunteers to accompany her home to her mother.
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Brooklyn
Fist singled out in assault case as unusual strike
The judge asked if anything about the defendant struck the plaintiff as extraordinary. The plaintiff replied yes and when pressed named the defendant's fist as the unusual element in the assault.
Dyspepsia Excuse Sparks Tense Visit in Parlor
Sunday passed, Tuesday arrived without the tall youth. Thursday he came, the girl accusing him of neglect. He confessed dyspepsia kept him away and the doctor warned against sweets, leaving the parlor sofa occupied by them both.
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Dialogue imagines how people wish others perceived them with contrasts between self view and others view in a concise quip.
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