Since Mollie's death, Edwin has been seeing and hearing her. With Adam's help, he arranges a seance to try to contact her.

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I am thoroughly enjoying this book! It's superbly written and narrated, and is a fascinating take on an already captivating historical event. This is simply the most interesting historical fiction I've ever had the pleasure of reading, peopled with complex characters and set at a crucial point in this country's history. As the author mentions, it is easy to dismiss John Wilkes Booth out of hand as a lonely madman, but we're given a chance to explore this man's experience and psyche in a compelling piece of fiction. The theme music, intro and outro are all excellent, and Mr. Schefrin has obviously spent a lot of time working on this project to assure good production values. This is one hell of a great book! -George, Fort Worth, Texas

McClellan invades Virginia, up the peninsula between the York and James Rivers. The Yankees win the battles; still McClellan retreats, believing the Rebels too strong.

Wilkes returns to smuggling contraband. Edwin returns to the stage, afraid he will not be well received - but he is a sensation. He is so relieved that he finds himself for the first time able to talk to strangers. He attends New York's premier salons and soirees, and starts drinking again.

When Wilkes arrives in New York, he finds Edwin a drunkard. Wilkes brings word from Boston that Mollie is ill. But he believes she will recover, so Edwin ignores the news, as well as telegrams from Boston which say that Mollie has taken a turn for the worse and may not last the night - until a theater manager forces him to read them. Frantic, he catches a train for Boston. But it's too late.

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Following Adam's advice, Ned and Mollie go to Europe. But since Mollie is four months pregnant, they go to England, where they trust the doctors, rather than France or Italy. Ned searches the places where his father hsd been, but finds little trace of him.

Mollie weakens as the baby grows, and has to take to bed. Ned takes an acting engagement in London, but the British are hostile, since the U.S. Navy has boarded a British ship and taken off two southern rebels who were heading to England to convince the Queen to support the Confederacy.

Mollie gives birth to Edwina. They take a brief tour of France, then return to America. Mollie is too delicate to return to New York, so they take a house in Dorchester, outside Boston. Ned is there when Wilkes plays Boston, with great success, turning staid Brahmin women into romantic fools.

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Wilkes triumphs in New York, and waits with Maggie at Pfaff's Cafe for the reviews. 

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