Frivolous Affairs and Social Intrigue in 1911 Tale
Orphans Louise and Laura navigate wealth and romance after their father’s death. Louise answers a companion ad, gains entrance to Mrs Hazard's circle, and helps steer Hap Hasard and Laura's prospects while jewelry theft and social intrigue unfold at a country estate and summer parties.
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Jo Godman
Louise
Mrs. Hazard
Natale
Hap
Loulie
Natalie
The First Big Robbery at Lone Oak
At Lone Oak a week of bustling social life is shadowed by a later headline about a North Shore jewel heist. The circle, including Laura, Hap, and Winthrop, notes a suspicious motor boat and a late night return to the coast as the town debates safety and the heroine’s fate in a novel being written by Winthrop.
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Laura
Natalié
Winthrop
Hap
John
Muse
Ae Winthrop
Dante
Lone Oak
Bim
Lydia Abercrombie
Jace
John Growninshield
Jane Bliss
Lydia Abercromble
Henry Dykeman
John Crowninshield
Mrs. Hazard
Natalie
Joule
Grace
Benny Buss
Dykemans
Mrs. Loring
Mrs. Higginson
Louise Codman
Benny Biss
Boston
Tran
Missing Ruby chapterreveals a rainbound scene with His Grace
In Monday gloom, the narrator teams with Dorothy Abercrombie to liven a house party. Chaos erupts among guests while a melancholy duke, surrounded by servants, bonds with the narrator over art in the Louvre inspired gallery tour. The Lion Hunter portrait stirs memory and mystery. TO BE CONTINUED.
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Ruby
Ben
Dorothy Abercrombie
Plano
Lydia
Jane Bliss
Mrs. Aber
Cromble
Duke
Yoker
Bridge
Louvre
Tuilleries
Mademoiselle
France
Paris
Mr. Hazard
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Dorothy
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Charlie
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