![]() ![]() ![]() He believes he can cure tuberculosis (then called phthisis) by housing patients near the sea believing that the fresh sea air has healing properties. Having lost his wife and two children to the dreaded disease, he is determined to find a cure. Forty years earlier, twenty-year-old Louise Pinecroft has recently moved to Morvoren House with her father, a physician. Cornish superstitions are rife among the house’s residents. The staff are peculiar and there are several mysterious features of the house which cause Hester to question her own mind. Morvoren House is plagued with a foreboding sense of unease. Hester herself is quite addicted to gin and pines for a drink daily which compounds her predicament. She aims to become indispensable to Miss Pinecroft, though her plan is thwarted as Miss Pinecroft is acting unreasonably, and does not take Hester’s advice. She left her previous position under a dark cloud, so wants to start afresh. She is using an assumed name to take up a new post there as nurse to Miss Louise Pinecroft, the mistress of Morvoren. Thirty-two year old Hester Way arrives in a memorable fashion to Morvoren House in Cornwall. ![]()
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