Shadows Over Hopefield: Suitors Clash at Asplando Tea
In a tense confrontation, Jenberger, Ormedy, and Shallenberger challenge an outsider linked to Miss Hol Uster’s suitors, accusing him of interfering with Hopefield Manor. The disputed trust-like alliance faces internal rifts as the narrator returns to the Prescott Arms and seeks refuge at the Asplando tea room amid unfolding intrigue and strategic motives.
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Jenberger
Ormedy
Mr. Shallenberger
Speeks
Mr. Ormsby
Venus
E Colers
Ormsby
Prescott Arms
St. Parvenu
Washington
Asplando
Hopefield Manor
Asolando
Fashier
Hezekiah
Ceciliggs
Shaman Kind
Miss Octahouse
The Riddle of the Sibyls Leaves in a Grand House
In a manor amid whispers of ghosts and rival suitors, Ames navigates Cecelia Hollister and Miss Octavia Hollister’s schemes. A Swedish maid with crucial papers, a resigned assistant, and conspirators at the Prescott Arms frame a tense tableaux of passion and intrigue.
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Octavia Hollister
Pepperton
Asplando
Hopefield
Prescott
Miss Hollister
Bassford Hollister
Doc
Hollister
Cecilia
House of Ames
Hopefield Gates
The Silver Book Drives a Secret Pact Away
The narrator teases a hidden link in a silver book while a woman resists treasonous words and hints at a pact with her aunt. The scene blends danger and romance as they gauge trust, and Foley’s Honey and Tar appears briefly in an unrelated classified ad.
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Mr. Ames
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N. Y
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Gould
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Frank J
Finley
Finley J. Shepard
J. Shepard
Shepard
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F. B. Brill
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Qaoee
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Armstrong
Whitman Studio
Stearn
Bridgeport
Standard Mfe. Co
Bridgeport, Conn
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Als
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Best
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Charles Frohman
John Drew
London
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Amu
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Cass
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Gilbert & Sullivan's
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Polis Theatre DE Luxe
America
Poli
McKinley Carnations
K. of C
Stratfield Hotel
Eintracht
Eagles
Speidel’s
Royal Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra
R. S. Povey
Trinity M. E. Church
Rambles
Scotland
Ladies OF Charity OF
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State Armory
Conn
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Young Jack O'Brien
Philadelphia
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Waterbury
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Kid Cushing
Eddie Kelly
Joe Dulbis
Traveler
Poms St
A. M. Wooster
U. S. Patent Office
Fairfield Ave
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Golumti
W.K. Mollan
the World
Post Office
Fairvield Avenue
Hawley, Wilmot & A
State St
George E. Hewoi Winneoe Og Sear
Pak
John
Herncias
Wm. Lieberum & Son Embalmers Undertakers
Ofice and Residence
Main Street
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Fairfield AV
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