Hide and seek, or, The mystery of Mary Grice

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First Sentence

"AT a quarter to one o'clock, on a wet Sunday afternoon, in November 1837, Samuel Snoxell, page to Mr Zachary Thorpe, of Bare grove Square, London, left the area gate with three umbrellas under his arm, to meet his master and mistress at the church door, on the conclusion of morning service."

Description

A mystery unfolds around a deaf and mute girl named Mary, or Madonna adopted by artist Valentine Blyth, whose true identity and family history are shrouded in secrets, leading to a search for her origins and a revelation of a long-hidden family scandal.