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A San Francisco Villa and a Mysterious Past
Herbert Bly visits a Telegraph Hill villa now perched on sand dunes in a feverish era of civic change. He meets Mrs. Brooks, a faded hostess with a veiled past and a letter from Mr. Carstone about a temporary room arrangement for his protege, hinting at hidden motives and unsettled histories.
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Herbert Bly
San Francisco
Telegraph Hill
Robinson Crusoe
Bly
Contra Costa
Portland
Ostass
Brooks
Mr. Bly
Tappington
Mrs. Brooks
Cherry
Or Mother
Cherubina
Sea-Fox
Artun
Jim
Daugters
Cca
Ellen
Herbert
Miss Vooks
Tap
Iim
Herbe
Pike County
Arbert
Sacred Maste
Clay Street
Pieamanss
Wwef
Russian Hill
Belind
Church Stone
Sappington
Nut
Montgomery Street
Mother
Jerbert
Cone
Miss Brooks
Syly
Oakland
Coor
Tower
Mr. Stout
Sea Lt
Tapvington
Vigulanice Committee
Harmonium
Haligo
Tan
Sai Herbert
Johnny
Tanpington
Jevert
Raisin
Rathe
Mr. Brooks
Woon
Sam Herbert Bly
Carstone
Tank
Ney
Gentleman George
George Dornton
Wen
Philo
Han