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Sold this month:

- Silver circlet, nameday gift to Charlet Blackwell
- Ivory strongbox, from mother's collection
- Antique cypress dresser, last of the really good furniture..
- Lapis lavalier, worn by Agatha at the funeral of her brother, containing ashes

I'm relieved the hotel is so busy. I've sunk all my money into the refurbishment, and I've come to love this old place. Of the few Blackwells left, I inherited what my superstitious relatives wouldn't touch.. evil spirits, they say. The manor does have its.. problems, but I'm not convinced the 'family curse' is real. Sure, the place is haunted, but cursed? The only place I get the creeps is overlooking the dining room, but that's because I have it in my head that the old winter wing is sealed back in there. 

I know things will look up.. they have to.
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