The Last Chronicle of Barset
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You are Josiah Crawley, a poor Hogglestock curate who cannot say where a twenty-pound cheque came from, only that it was suddenly in his hand. Your wife carries it into Silverbridge to trace its owner, and the trail leads instead to an accusation: the cheque belonged to Lord Lufton's agent, lost somewhere inside this house. By evening a constable arrives with a summons to the magistrates, and a second rider brings word that suspicion is reaching for your daughter too.
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- The Twenty-Pound ChequeHogglestock Parsonage