Illusions and secrets in a high attic setting
In a secluded top floor parlor above the city, Lady Cynthia and Sir Timothy exchange barbed confessions about crime, morality, and their tangled pasts. He recounts killing his partner to defend his honor, while she muses on romance, aging, and their dangerous attraction as a midnight scene unfolds.
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Sif Timothy
Sir Timothy
Denar
Cynthia
Billy the Tanner
Lady Cynthia
Francis Ledsam
Posse
Francia Ledsam
Margaret
Joe
Rio
Europe
Dinner at the Ritz Brings News on a Quiet Noon
Francis Ledsam and guests lunch at the Ritz when a caller, John Walter the former butler, reveals a potential key in the Hilditch case. Walter offers a confession about Sir Timothy, seeking 200 pounds in return for secrecy and a signed retraction, which Francis buys and seals, planning to flee to the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Sir Timothy Brast
Francis
Timothy Brast
Mr. Hilditch
Sir Timothy
Mr Hilditch
Lie
Mrs. Hilditch
John Walter
Timothy
Walter
Hedges
Punctual Visitor Claims Murder Behind Died Mr Hilditch
In Clarges Street, a pale covert visitor seeks Francis and accuses the night of Mr Oliver Hilditch’s death of murder. He implicates Sir Timothy Baast, pressing Francis to reveal whether his prior testimony was true or a grave perjury threatening to unravel his hopes.
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Francis
Page-Boy
Ledsam
Mr. Hilditch
Clarges Street
Hilditch
Cynthia
Sir Timothy
Ritz
Scotland Yard
Lfe
Oliver Hilditch
Timothy Baast
Lady Cynthia and Sir Timothy Observe a Punt
In chapter eighteen Lady Cynthia and Sir Timothy stroll after dinner with four others at the Sanctuary. They watch Francis steer the punt toward the river as questions about matrimony arise. Lady Cynthia plans a long voyage to South America via Southampton, while Francis remains alone.
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Lady Cynthia
Sir Timothy
Francis
Southampton
South America
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E. Phillips
Oppenheim
Illustrations By
Irwin Myers
Little, Brown and Company
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