Sir Oswald's Peculiar Letter
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Sir Oswald Wealwright, pioneering industrialist and eligible bachelor, has never had any truck with occult nonsense or peasant superstitions. His manservant, abysmal poet and incorrigible daydreamer Johnny Burslem, thinks of little else.
Which is why, when a letter arrives sprouting moss and rust and demanding payment of an inexplicable debt, only one of the two men is prepared for the strange journey they must undertake.
There are things that lurk in the English countryside. And whatever your business may be, they have a thoroughly excellent understanding of how to make a deal.
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