A supernatural melodrama, set in the Fens and Marshlands of Cambridgeshire, which draws upon the traditional folklore of witchcraft. Linda Pettingill Merle is the central character, just celebrating her twenty first birthday. Linda is an upper middle class young lady and her coming of age gives her charge of a Manor house and lands in Merelsfleet: She has already become disenchanted by the shortness of human existence and wishes to know whence she comes and wither she goes. Will visiting her new domain give her the answers she seeks? - Summary by Andy Sames
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
On the Eve of Freedom
19:14 - Chapter 2
A Change of PLan
20:25 - Chapter 3
Merlsefleet
20:39 - Chapter 4
Looking-Glass Writing
17:15 - Chapter 5
The Face on the Blotting Paper
23:49 - Chapter 6
'I've Known You all my Life'
21:42 - Chapter 7
The Tower House
22:22 - Chapter 8
The Sisters
09:58 - Chapter 9
'The Man's Impossible'
20:25 - Chapter 10
The Strewer of Flowers
11:26 - Chapter 11
Two am
15:30 - Chapter 12
Exit Percy Belton-Enter Mr Willoughby Trotter
14:20 - Chapter 13
The Death of Bel
15:06 - Chapter 14
Linda in Love
11:56 - Chapter 15
Compensation
25:19 - Chapter 16
Linda's Secret
22:09 - Chapter 17
The Third Sign
13:46 - Chapter 18
The Wisdom of the Idiot
15:59 - Chapter 19
When Day Dawned-The Inquest
22:11 - Chapter 20
Vicisti
10:32 - Chapter 21
Sorrow and Song
15:51 - Chapter 22
Epilogue
03:13