Trail of the Serpent Chapter VI Continuation
Railway clerks identify a tall handsome man with dark moustache and pipe as Richard Marwood. Detective Joseph Peters and the Gardenford force track him by telegraph. Richard is tried for murder. the coroner’s jury declares him guilty and he is jailed as Slopperton mourns the alleged crime.
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Richard
Gardenford
Joseph Peters
Gardonford
Richard Marwood
Blopperton
Van
Silent Death on the Slopperton Bank
In a dingy riverside public house Mr Harding investigates the untimely death of a nameless outcast found by bargemen in the Slash. The coroner and jury offer little, as the line of mournful details and a mother’s sorrow unfold, leaving her buried in a damp parish graveyard near the river. Jabez North reads the inquest reports with grim interest.
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Mr. Harding
Slopperton
Avi
Jabez North
Richard Marwood and the indoor Eden at Little Gulliver Street
In a late February frame, Richard Marwood awaits trial for his uncle’s murder as Peters, a dull detective, moves into No. 6 Little Gulliver Street. Peters rents a back room advertised as a Garden of Eden for a single man, while the landlady, sharp nosed, rebukes Peters’ talk of a baby and plans for a quiet lodging, leading to a curious clash over propriety and housing.
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Barclay& Parkins
Slopparton
Richard
Peters
Gar
Denford
Slopperton
Richard Marwood
Little Gulliver Street
Mr. Peters
Eden
Mr. Potare
Hana
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