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A sleuthing English professor looks into the sordid secret life of a student whoâs gone missing . . .  When a young woman comes to Professor Pennyfeather and confides that her cousin Ernestineâone of his English studentsâis missing, heâs surprised to hear that the bookish girl in his class is a very different person outside of school. Apparently, in the evenings, she transforms herself into a femme fatale and looks for naïve young sailors at the waterfront dancehalls, enjoying fancy nights out at their expense before verbally abusing and abandoning them. Now she hasnât been seen in two days, and her cousin fears sheâs taken one too many risks. The professor decides itâs time to do some research. He wants to know what happened to Ernestine, and what caused the orphaned heiress to pursue this secret lifeâone that just may have led to her death . . . |
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