Dr. Agnes Hartley arrived at the Crane estate on a Tuesday in...

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Dr. Agnes Hartley arrived at the Crane estate on a Tuesday in March, when the London fog was so thick it turned the world into a watercolor painting that had been left out in the rain.

She had been recommended by three physicians, all of whom had dismissed Sebastian Crane as incurable. Dr. Moreau, his primary doctor, had been the most blunt: "Mr. Crane is suffering from what the French call le siecle nerveux—the nervous disease of our age. His mind is consuming itself. I can prescribe sedatives. I cannot prescribe a cure." Agnes had prescribed sedatives for six years. She was...

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