![]() Philip receives a worrying letter suggesting Ambrose is in mortal danger, blaming his wife and her 'diabolic' lawyer friend Rainaldi. Orphaned young, Philip was raised as if his son by childless uncle Ambrose Ashly, who never brought women in their lives, until he was sent for medical reasons to a Mediterranean climate, fell in love with half-Italian cousin Rachel and wed her in Florence. Though Ambrose's will left the entire estate to Philip pending his next birthday, Philip is convinced Rachel is guilty of murder and threatens her friend Rinaldi with revenge. Concerned, Philip travels to Italy, only to be informed Ambrose has died and Rachel has left. Later, Ambrose begins sending letters indicating distrust of the medical care he is receiving in Florence. The Kendalls express surprise that Ambrose has become interested in women, though Philip found the absence of female companionship natural. A young man, Philip is left with his godfather Nick Kendall, and learns through correspondence that Ambrose has met his widowed cousin Rachel in Florence, and they have wed. ![]() Despite societal beliefs of the necessity of motherhood, Philip grows up with a nearly complete absence of women in the household, before Ambrose leaves the estate for the sunnier climate of Florence. ![]() After the young boy Philip is orphaned, he is adopted by his older cousin Ambrose, who raises him as a son on his large estate in Cornwall. ![]()
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