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John Bright and the Fair Maid of Merioneth tale
A detour story traces John Bright as a schoolboy in Merioneth and a romance with a local heiress. The couple’s separation due to social expectations ends in marriage to a prosperous husband and the wife’s quiet death. Decades later Bright mourns at her grave, acknowledging her virtues as he rebukes rumors of his past.
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John Bright
Merioneth
John
Fair Maid
Bright
Manchester
Helmsmen
Mary
the Statesman