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The Sign of the Ship Inn and a Curious Household
The narrator recalls a Swiss summer with his wife and a suspicious maid Lettie who quotes literature and parables. They travel from Geneva to London and Southampton, staying at the Sign of the Ship inn near Henry VIII’s palace while a single remarkable encounter unfolds.
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Switzerland
Lettie
Lette
Pepe
Brown
Ing
Geneva
London
Southampton
Aind
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Southampton Water
Henry VI
Agincourt
Genews
Alvarion
Howe
Aimiian
Dade
Bane