Worms in the Big City Den of Doubt and Deceit
Bromfield plots to ruin Lindsay by public disgrace through a staged gambling raid at Maddock's Omnium Club with aide Jerry Durand. Lindsay agrees to a cautious approach while suspecting a trap as Bromfield funds the scheme and hopes for a publicity knock to Beatrice and her suitor.
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Lake Co
Colin
Whitford
Fell
Bromfield
Lindsay
New York
Himsel
Ann He
Seecree
Beatrice
Savage
Tive
Avas
Len
Bea
Clarendon
Rand
Res Bromfield
Furn
Tex
Clarendon- ‘Bromfield
Jerry Durand
Eid
Jerry
Durand
Maddock's
New Yorker
Brand
Deenyea
Greebie
Maddock’s
Halled
Omnium Club
Clay
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Canfield
Juarez
Calexico
Violence and secrecy in a high society confrontation
An ex-pugilist sits in a chair with a colorless face and wary eyes as he listens to Clarendon reveal a tense motive. Durand questions an anonymous caller about Lindsay and warnings about Arizonan ties, while keeping his own name concealed amid class code and suspicion.
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Bromfield
Durand
Clarendon
Gay
Standards of the Youth
A short passage recalls Bobby at ten, proud or sheepish about his father being an organist, contrasting with louder trades like policeman or fireman. A neighbor’s child asks if his father plays the cornet, then if he goes, prompting Bobby to defend the organ as his father’s instrument.
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Bobby
Bob
Harper's Magazine
Gilbert interview on stock and bees sparks rumor
An American journalist recalls asking W S Gilbert about his livestock. Gilbert reportedly said he owned about two thousand head, mainly bees, prompting rumors he planned ranching. The tale circulated with altered wording about beekeeping and ranching.
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W. S. Gilbert
Gilbert
When down on your luck get up on your pluck
A reflective line about resilience and romance captures a moral moment on adversity and the sweetness of youth. The narrator contrasts hopeful love with the sting of waking to harsh reality.
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