Chapter 6 brings Hartleigh’s entire population into the parish hall to watch a coroner attempt to extract clarity from grief, gossip, and bitter-almond whispers.

Phoebe Hartwell gives evidence, a pantry bottle goes missing, and the jury chooses the soft cushion of “misadventure” while a stranger with a brass plate arrives to make that comfort difficult.

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