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As the only child of a drunken, widowed brick merchant Tully Truegood is left to raise herself; her only human contact is the cook—small wonder that a solitary, imaginative child becomes fanciful. Even Tully's sudden marriage to a masked stranger at age 12 brings no companionship as her "husband" is immediately sent to sea and, as the cook prophesies, with any luck Tully will be a widow before she ever sees him a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More