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Lady Molly of Scotland Yard - Chapter 11 - Sir Jeremiah’s Will

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Lady Molly confesses she called the police to arrest her own husband, the escaped convict.

The narrator recounts the story of Lady Molly, a detective at Scotland Yard, and her husband Captain Hubert de Marzain, who was falsely convicted for murder in the Baddock Will case. Years later, Hubert escapes from Dartmoor and hides at Appledore Castle, where Lady Molly, torn between love and duty, betrays him to the police to prove his innocence.

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A grave inheritance puzzle that keeps its suspense in the legal details.

A will, a murder, and a social crisis drive this chapter, which moves cleanly from inheritance to suspicion and then into the pressure gathering around Lady Molly.

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Press play if you want a formal mystery built around a will, a murder, and a high-society inheritance dispute.

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