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The Bishop and the Watch Thief A Holiday Tragedy
In a late 19th century scene at Madison Avenue, a polished Chicago broker named Edwards courts the bishop’s daughter during Thanksgiving. A staged library tour reveals a Raphael painting and ends with the theft of the bishop’s jeweled watch, forced ransom, and a volatile moral reckoning. Meanwhile Silent Bill, a hard-edged loner, drifts into a western town where gambling and desperation corrode his life and threaten a Christmas reunion with his wife.
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Madison Avenue
Chicago
Princeton
Swans
Huiself
Edwards
Raphael
Dalter
Gavou
Plese
Cone
Leola
Purgatory
Silent Bill
Black Pete’s
Stark
Pate
Bob Aahady
Hur
Pete
le Chong
Ion
Leonora
Rome
Coffer
Matt
Poco
Tadeo Jong
Itigu
Job Aligon
Black Pela
Fete
Aixu
Hespera
Peto
Ciecana
Calico
Crinson
Geoured
Bad Guwe
Mayleis
Peter
Buck Pete
Denver
Lin
Claud
Towsha
Erick
Atulesi
Gettig
Imax
Dob Maharty
Hig Atumor
Silent Hill
Silent Bil
Bob
bin Bruda
Mahaffy
Bill
Searthing