Trail of the Serpent Continuert at CHAPTIN VIL
A lurid scene unfolds with a maid proprietor and a boyish woman named Kuppins in CHAPTIN VIL. The entry describes a dumb lodger, a sordid "dirty alphabet" and planned exploitation as Mr. Peters schemes to fetch a baby for illicit purposes amid a grim environment of child neglect and predatory intent.
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Kuppins
Kupping
Kuppims
Carcle
Peters
Gardenford
Ruppins
Mr. Peters
Montague Harding
Baby with a fretful fondling in M. B. Braddon tale
In a Braddon fragment, Mr Peters returns with a limp baby dressed in a second-hand pea jacket. Ruppins, a rough nurse, and Peters coax the infant through smoke and meals, while the fondling chokes and entertains with a strange, alarming vitality. Peters contemplates the child’s future as a detective life beckons.
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Paris
London
Ruppins
Eden
Hobson
Mr. Peters
Jeff
Kuppins
The Trial of Richard Marwood in Slapperton Court
A February court scene in Slapperton centers on Richard Marwood facing a death trial. The packed gallery, betting, and public stake in the verdict frame a tense, fateful atmosphere as prosecutors, judges, and jurors contend with the outsider facing execution.
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Richard Marwood
Slapperton
Rachard Marwood
Slopperton
Richard
Murder and justice weigh on a child’s fate
In a reflective moment Mr Peters considers the moral balance of finding a murderer. He wonders whether a child’s future involvement in exposing crime would be monstrous outrage or fitting retribution, weighing rights and wrongs in the murder case.
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Mr. Peters
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Trail of the Serpent
Chaptin
M. B. Braddon
Bele
Mrs
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