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Mrs. Marion Mead

Woman with knowledge of the Whittaker family.

minor

Also known as Mrs. Marion Mead, Mrs. Mead, No Mrs. Mead

First appearance: xii a tale of two spinsters

Mrs. Marion Mead shows up with force in XVIII: The London Lawyer's Story. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The dying woman who made a will leaving £10,000 to various legatees, including a daughter, and bore a scar identical to Miss Grant's.
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Mrs. Marion Mead first appears in 0013 xii a tale of two spinsters.

In XVIII: The London Lawyer's Story: The dying woman who made a will leaving £10,000 to various legatees, including a daughter, and bore a scar identical to Miss Grant's.

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See Mrs. Marion Mead in xii a tale of two spinsters