CHAPTER 2
PART 21: The Events of Eighteen Hours
Six o'Clock P. M
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It was evening -- just at sunset -- on the day of Manston's death.
In the cottage at Tolchurch was gathered a group consisting of Cytherea, her brother, Edward Springrove, and his father. They sat by the window conversing of the strange events which had just taken place. In Cytherea's eye there beamed a hopeful ray, though her face was as white as a lily.