The Loudwater Tragedy

The Loudwater Tragedy by T.W. Speight is a retelling from the point of a young woman involved in the crime. The tragedy involves the murder of Mr. Melray. Excerpt: "My Dear Phil.--By this post, I send you a copy of a certain penny weekly journal entitled The Family Cornucopia, which, for lack of something better to read, I picked up the other day at a bookstall while on my way to the beach. "Naturally, you will at once say to yourself (for you cannot deny, dear, that you occasionally express yourself with somewhat unnecessary emphasis over trifles), 'What the dickens does the girl mean by bothering me with her trumpery penny rubbish?"