I'm Keith Morrison, and this is episode two of Wilkie Collins, the dead alive.

Our narrator, Attorney Philip LeFrank, has arrived in America seeking the peace and quiet of Morwick Farm, for the sake of his precarious health.

Instead, he finds himself surrounded by a cauldron of intense emotions.

There is soaring romance.

Ambrose Meadowcroft has won the heart of the charming Naomi Colbrook, but there's

hate here too.

And jealousy and fury barely contained,

directed at the strange and intense farm manager, John Jago,

who suddenly demands a private meeting with Naomi in the garden.

With a growing dread, Philip watches them whispering in the shadows.

Early next morning, he's roused by the sound of shouting outside his window.

His fears are about to be realized.

Here again is Wilkie Collins, the dead alive.

The Dead Alive. again is Wilkie Collins, the dead alive.

Chapter 4. The Beachwood Stick.

Persons have sensitive, nervous temperament, sleeping for the first time in a strange house,

and in a bed that is new to them,

must generally resign themselves to pass a wakeful night.

My first night at Moorwick Farm was no exception to this rule.

The little sleep I had was broken and disturbed by dreams.

Towards six o'clock in the morning, my bed became unendurable to me,

and the sun was shining in brightly in the window.

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