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Knickerbocker Wooing and Ladders of Change
A first person narrates his rise from humble craftsman to sought after suitor amid New York social circles. He recalls building portable step ladders, meeting Beatrice Henning and her father at Gramercy Park, and the warning shadow of Rudolph Swensen, a schemer. Interludes reveal the Doctor’s troubled family life, a skeleton image, and a streetwise world beyond the Henning home.
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Mourtinu
New York
Ermont
Varick Street
George Fletcher
Express
Dr. Whitfield
Leo
Mou
Ames Henning
Gramercy Park
Tie
Ene
Beatrice
Mr. Fletcher
Worman
Cao
von Tromte
Ma. Henning
Mr. Henning
Papa
the Whitfields
Chatham Square
Duane Street
Hig Barracks
Whitheld
Ame
Alice
George
Famonet
Vermont
Catera
Avon
Camas Nipon
Central Park
Miss Henning
Father
Rudolph
Theoffice
Niring House
Bowery
Henning
Rudolph Swensen
Ella Palmer
Ella
Elizabeth Street
Ian
Oiteast
Surrey
Sweden
Republic
Swensen
Cincinnati