{"id":287,"date":"2016-10-24T21:39:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T01:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2022-07-12T15:29:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:29:13","slug":"title-devon-towers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=287","title":{"rendered":"Devon Towers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat if there has been a dreadful deception? What if the drowning of our darling were simulated? What if the poor child had been stolen? And we may now ask ourselves, Isabel, what if our lost Lenora were still living!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These were nearly the last words spoken by Lord Cheslyn to the Lady Isabel Cheslyn just prior to his death. Now Lady Cheslyn\u2019s one great purpose is to solve the dark problem of whether their daughter still lives or not.<\/p>\n<p>Cast of characters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hubert Molesbury (the elder), the former Lord Cheslyn.<\/li>\n<li>Lady Isabel Cheslyn, widow of the former Lord Cheslyn, Hubert Molesbury.<\/li>\n<li>Ralph Molesbury, the new Lord Cheslyn.<\/li>\n<li>Adolpus Scruggs, Ralph Molesbury\u2019s valet, a.k.a Mr. Morrocks.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Barton, the family physician.<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Kepple, Lord and Lady Cheslyn\u2019s family solicitor.<\/li>\n<li>Plumpit, the butler.<\/li>\n<li>Mrs. Wexton, the housekeeper.<\/li>\n<li>Commander Hubert (the younger) Molesbury, a.k.a. Mister Graham.<\/li>\n<li>Malviny Glossop, the former nurse.<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Glossop, Malviny Glossop\u2019s husband.<\/li>\n<li>Miranda Glossop, Malviny Glossop\u2019s daughter.<\/li>\n<li>Jim Serjeant, the old fisherman.<\/li>\n<li>Polly Serjeant, Jim Serjeant\u2019s daughter.<\/li>\n<li>Watt Brocklehadd, Ralph Molesbury\u2019s solicitor.<\/li>\n<li>Susannah Brocklehadd, Watt Brocklehadd\u2019s daughter.<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Joyce, Watt Brocklehadd\u2019s lawyer.<\/li>\n<li>Martha Garden, Watt Brocklehadd\u2019s housekeeper.<\/li>\n<li>James Forbisher, Watt Brocklehadd\u2019s confidential clerk.<\/li>\n<li>Tommy Dean, and Ben Braillard, Jersey fishermen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=46\">Mrs. Harriet Newell (O&#8217;Brien) Lewis <\/a>(1841-1878) and published in 1881 in the \u201cLondon Journal.\u201d 65000 words.<\/p>\n<p>Transcribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DevonTowers300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DevonTowers300-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"devontowers300\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B01M5F1VZY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devon Towers for Kindle at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/2940157019075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devon Towers epub for Nook at Barnes and Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kobobooks.com\/search\/search.html?q=1230001397086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devon Towers epub at Kobobooks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat if there has been a dreadful deception? What if the drowning of our darling were simulated? What if the poor child had been stolen? And we may now ask ourselves, Isabel, what if our lost Lenora were still living!\u201d These were nearly the last words spoken by Lord Cheslyn to the Lady Isabel Cheslyn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=287\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Devon Towers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1606,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions\/1606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}