A study in emotional dislocation and renewal--Professor Godfrey St. Peter, a man in his 50's, has achieved what would seem to be remarkable success. When called on to move to a more comfortable home, something in him rebels.
Mary Marston leaves her father's draper shop in search of a different lifestyle. Her unfavourable discoveries awaken new hope for success in returning to her father's shop.
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"If an author might choose his time and place as an artist does the light and hanging of his picture," says Mr. Doyle, "these tales might well be read ‘round the fire' upon a winter's night.
Sarah writes down the details of the secret from the words of the dying Mrs Treverton, and hides the paper bearing the message in an unused room at Porthgenna. The novel then jumps forward some twenty years.
"He stands out in the correspondence of the Souvenir and Art Novelty Company as "Our Mr. Wrenn," who would be writing you directly and explaining everything most satisfactorily.