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The Starvel Hollow tragedy

Chapter 22: Transcriber’s Notes
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A young woman living in a decaying moorland house receives a surprising invitation that precedes a violent death; a coroner's inquest and local theories give way to a painstaking investigation led by a methodical detective who follows physical clues, chemical analysis, and witness statements to reconstruct events. The narrative moves from domestic detail and local suspicion through technical forensic procedures and travelling inquiries to a staged trap and the accumulation of material evidence, including a notable fragment of yellow clay and missing jewelry, that together unravel the circumstances of the tragedy.

Transcriber’s Notes

This transcription follows the text of the edition published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1927 (by arrangement with Harper & Brothers). However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text:

  • “be would consult” to “he would consult” (Ch. VI);
  • “the man” to “The man” (Ch. IX);
  • “arroused” to “aroused” (Ch. X);
  • “oxyacetlene” to “oxyacetylene” (Ch. XVI).