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B'ham Hall August 8th 1851
I have received the strangest letter from that small man in Clacton. He says he has seen my brooch in a pawn shop - I am flattered that he felt the need to be discreet about this in his letter. He wants me to send him a draft for £30 guineas, upon receipt of which he will reclaim the brooch and send it to me.
The man must think I am stupid. Clearly, he has stolen it himself from our room, taken it to pawn and raised a sum of money, waited a while until he could seem plausible and then planned to extract yet more money from me to have it returned. Really! Does this man think I have no notion of what is going on before my own eyes?
A Victorian wife divides her time between her country estate and smart rooms in London. She is excited, enthusiastic, sociable and utterly unaware of what is happening around her.....
Effie Hatherwick
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Cast of Characters
- Dauncey - Effie's cat
- Effie Hatherwick - our heroine
- Boo Pitt - Effie's Friend
- Josiah Hatherwick - Effie's husband
- Villiers - the Butler
- Brigham Price - Josiah's business partner
- George Waterhouse - Josiah's business partner
- Jennet - the gardener and gamekeeper at Blindingham
- The Girl - young servant with bastard child
- Cook - the cook
- Mrs Doughty - London Socialite
- Little Bradstone (LB) - Boo's baby
- Mrs Everdown - feisty woman from the village
- Mrs Price and Mrs Waterhouse - The Wives
- Ogden Browne - Clacton Hotelier
- Rowena Guiser - London Socialite
- The Old Girl - Effie's servant in Winter 1851
- Assorted staff at Blindingham
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