Night at Barton's Room Reveals Unexpected Visitors
In a plain second floor office on Clay Street Doddridge Knapp becomes the focus of a tense mystery. The narrator, exhausted and wary, suspects a plot against him as two watchers break in with news tied to a midnight rendezvous at Barton's in Richmond.
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Barton’s
Clay Street
Doddridge Knapp
Henry Wilton
Coogan
Dicky
Porter
Richmond
Prudence
Night Pursuit in a Seedy Waterfront Bar
Dicky guides me to Borton's club where a tense meeting unfolds. A masked rogue reveals himself as Darby Meeker and danger escalates as Mother Barton warns of traitors and a sudden pistol shot cuts the room into chaos.
Mother Barton Guides a Reluctant Hero in a Crime Plot
In a tense San Francisco mansion scene, Dudley-Giles presses Mother Barton for truth about his ally Wilton’s death and the threats around him. She words a wary alliance, names protective figures, and suggests he stay hidden as danger closes, while plotting to help him strike back at Knapp and his associates.
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Pol
Wester
Dicky
Mother Barton
Henry Wilton
Mother Borton
Wilton
Dudley
Giles Dudley
Jan
Chicago
Doddridge Knapp
Haman
Borton
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Borton’s
Jackson Street
Darby Meeker
Mr. Meeker
Cozean
Tom
Tom Terrill
Wilson
Fitzhugh
Brown
Dicky* Nahl
Nahl
San Francisco