The Reverend Wyatt Jamieson arrives to find his new parish of Eskaig torn apart by the greed of the local factor. He discovers he has to fight their suspicions of him, and also falls in love with Mairi, a local woman.
It would be accompanied by a mixture of vegetables collected by the equally disgruntled butler from a walled garden belonging to the house and apparently tended by a part-time gardener who was not paid for his services but allowed to use the plot to supply his own large family. The cooking uten...
It was a result, the wagoner told him – albeit grudgingly – of Germanic influence upon the town. The same wagon driver set Wes off outside the Chinese hotel and expressed thanks for the few coins Wes gave him to buy himself a couple of drinks when the wagon had been unload...
Nevertheless, there were a few latecomers. Among these were two men, both probably in their late twenties, whom Flora did not recognize. Behaving impeccably, she introduced herself with a friendly smile and explained that she was checking the tickets of those she had not seen at the house in orde...
It was due to take place at the nearby St Ewe Church, but before the banns were called there was an argument between the vicar of Mevagissey and the incumbent of St Ewe about which of their parishes had responsibility for Tregassick Farm. Technically, the farm lay within the Mevagissey parish, bu...