Sea Mew Abbey

Chapter 37: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.

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A sudden death aboard a naval vessel and the arrival of a grieving husband set a bleak tone that shifts to a windswept coastal convent and its ancient abbey. A local girl, Freda, and the farmer Barnabas become entangled when a murdered man is found and circumstantial evidence appears to implicate her father, whom she steadfastly defends. The plot unfolds as a domestic mystery within a close community, tracing the slow exposure of secrets, tensions between duty and belief, and the personal consequences of suspicion for several intertwined households.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.

Florence Warden was the pseudonym of Florence Alice (Price) James.

Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. back-door/back door, farmhouse/farm-house, etc.) have been preserved.

Alterations to the text:

Add TOC.

Punctuation fixes: sentences missing periods, quotation mark pairings, etc.

[Chapter XIII]

Change “in which the jury had veiwed her father’s body” to viewed.

[Chapter XXXI]

“and the other asked the way to Oldastle Farm.” to Oldcastle.

“a good suggestion; and Dick took advantage af it.” to of.

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