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Walter Longman is heartsick over Patience Hawthorne, but gives up his pursuit her after her controlling mother refused his offer of marriage.
He focuses on the law to drive heartache from his mind, but is interrupted when his brother is killed in a mysterious tragedy. Walter returns home to Wallingford to piece together what little information he can.
Sifting through his brother’s affairs, he finds shocking discoveries that complicate the mystery of his brother’s death. Patience is heartbroken at the death of Walter’s brother but determines to make amends. She seeks clues to help Walter find answers, only to find her life in danger.
She will do anything to prove her love to Walter, even as danger lurks around the Longman estate.
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