55 pages 1 hour read

Fiona Davis

The Magnolia Palace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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Chapters 19-23Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 19 Summary

After a night locked in her room, Lillian is summoned to Helen’s room to look for some files. Lillian knows they are in the archive. While the two women are in the archive, Helen tells Lillian that they have decided they will let her go if she returns the cameo because they don’t want the scandal. Lillian doesn’t know where the cameo is but is determined to solve the mystery and the murder. When she does not confess, Helen dismisses her.

Lillian knows that she needs to escape before being escorted back to her room. The front door is still guarded, so she ducks into the organ room. Mr. Graham is there, wrapping up his duties. She accuses him of exposing her as Angelica, but he denies it. He tells her that he warned her because he overheard Childs and his wife talking about Lillian.

Mr. Graham says he will help Lillian escape. He encourages her, reminding her what she is capable of and emphasizing her transformation into Helen’s private secretary. Later, Lillian hears Childs and his wife talking and realizes that it was Richard who betrayed her. She narrows her own list of murder suspects, knowing that Helen, Childs, and his wife are all innocent.