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The Uttermost Farthing

by R. Austin FREEMAN (1862 - 1943)

Ch IV pt 1 - The Gifts of Chance

Humphrey Challoner is a solitary old man who spent a lifetime collecting for his private museum, primarily mammals exhibiting osteological abnormalities but also 24 articulated human skeletons without any apparent defect. His friend, Dr. Wharton, is puzzled by the collection, but he humors Challoner's eccentricities and tends to him in his final illness. When Wharton inherits the collection on Challoner's death, the dark mystery that ties the collection together is finally revealed. (Summary by MaryAnn)

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Listen next episodes of The Uttermost Farthing:
Ch V pt 1 - By Products of Industry , Ch IV pt 2 - The Gifts of Chance , Ch V pt 1 - By Products of Industry , Ch VI pt 1 - The Trail of the Serpent , Ch VI pt 2 - The Trail of the Serpent , Ch VII pt 1 - The Uttermost Farthing , Ch VII pt 2 - The Uttermost Farthing