The Settlers

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Adapted from The Settlers (1875) by William Henry Giles Kingston

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Captain Amyas Layton's house stood above Plymouth Sound behind a moat, a drawbridge, and trophies taken from Spanish ships. Young sirs, enter; a traveller who reaches my gate in summer deserves shade before questions. You step into this one-chapter preview with Gilbert Audley at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The gate closed over the road from Dartmouth, but Virginia had entered the house and would not leave with the night. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

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News from VirginiaCaptain Layton's house above Plymouth Sound · 5 min

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