Volume 2 Oldtown Folks

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1 volume 2

1.1 cloudland academy
1.2 harvard
1.3 marriage
1.4 came of it





volume 2
cloudland academy

the 3 children older now. horace , harry eighteen , tina fifteen , had become more beautiful. schoolmaster , miss mehitable’s cousin, mordecai, fall in love her. decided she, along horace , harry, attend academy @ cloudland jonathan rossiter, miss mehitable’s half brother, master of academy. boys live mr. rossiter, , tina minister, mr. avery. mr. avery s daughter, esther, becomes newest addition group of best friends.


harvard

harry decides study ministry after graduation. falls in love esther while @ cloudland. horace wants live life tina, whom has loved since first met. shortly before graduation academy, ellery davenport returns england important news harry. found sir harry percival , able marriage certificate him because young harry heir. during ellery s visit, tina strangely shy , horace tell smitten him.


horace , harry enter harvard sophomores. tina visits when stays kitterys or writes letters them when in oldtown. change in letters causes horace begin worry ellery davenport’s influence on her. short time later, hears ellery’s insane wife has died. learn harry’s father has died , harry sir harry percival, heir large estate. 2 friends return oldtown spring vacation find out tina engaged marry ellery.


marriage

since ellery has return job in london quickly, wedding occurs shortly after engagement. after ceremony, ellery , tina going spend short time in fixed-up dench mansion. when arrive, find woman waiting them in house. woman emily rossiter, whom ellery had contacted in france asked, seduced her. emily followed him america in refusal of bribe keep quiet. emily has had child ellery brought america.


tina decides can not leave ellery, goes england him , brings young, bastard girl along raise own. gives money miss mehitable buy house , live emily near boston. writes often, letters become increasingly unlike her. emery being driven mad career , takes toll on tina.


what came of it

meanwhile, harry marries esther , moved england take on father s estate. horace feels alone @ point.


after 8 years, ellery , tina move massachusetts. tina seems different person. horace successful lawyer , visits them often. witnesses ellery becomes more reckless until killed in political duel. 2 years after horace , tina married. visit oldtown visit family , friends , reminisce.








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