![]() ![]() Twenty miles away, in the sprawling grandeur of Carlyle Castle, the news spurred a very different sort of mourning, as well as a tremor of despair that seemed to unmoor the great house. Everyone in the parish murmured to themselves how terribly sad it was, for poor Miss Calvert and for the parish, for how could either hope to find another such man? The ladies of the parish gathered to console the deceased’s fiancee, Miss Calvert, who was just as beloved in the town and whose devastated sobs brought more than one neighbor to tears of their own. ![]() A mere forty-five years old, he had been well-liked, a calm, cheerful presence who always had a kind word, a helping hand, or a sympathetic ear for anyone in need. ![]() Mary’s parish of Kittleston spread on a tide of dismay, causing sincere mourning among his parishioners. News of the untimely death of the vicar of St. ![]()
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