Previously unpublished, this is one of the manuscripts recently Found in the
Attic by the author's granddaughter. It was probably written in the late
1920s, and foreshadows her later romances and family stories with that little
humorous twist of something extra.
Kenneth Leslie, needing money to start a new life in Canada after a broken
engagement, answers an advertisement in the Daily Clarion -
Retired Army Officer offers a large sum of money to a Young
Man who wants Adventure. Must be of good appearance and
free from dependants.
and finds more than he dreamed of: fishing, art, family skulduggery, rogues,
thieves and fisticuffs, friendship – and romance.
Also included are four short stories,
Moira, The Mulberry Coach, The Secret of
the Black Rocks,
and
The Murder of Alma Atherton,
and a novella,
Where the
Gentian Blooms.
Portrait of Saskia
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