NGAIO MARSH
SURFEIT OF LAMPREYS
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Surfeit of Lampreys first published in Great Britain by Collins 1941
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Source ISBN: 9780006168102
Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2009 ISBN: 9780007344550
Version: 2016-09-08
For SIR HUGH & LADY ACLAND
with my love
For the one since he has helped me so often with my stories and for the other since she likes stories about London
CONTENTS
III. PREPARATION FOR A CHARADE
VIII. ALLEYN MEETS THE LAMPREYS
IX. TWO, TWO, THE LILY-WHITE BOYS
XIII. THE SANITY OF LADY WUTHERWOOD
Roberta Grey
Lord Charles Lamprey
Lady Charles Lamprey
Henry Lamprey. Their eldest son
Friede Lamprey (Frid). Their elder daughter
Colin and Stephen Lamprey. Twins. Their second and third sons
Patricia Lamprey (Patch). Their second daughter
Michael Lamprey (Mike). Their youngest son
Mrs Burnaby (Nanny). Their nurse
Baskett. Their butler
Cora Blackburn. Their parlour-maid
A Ship’s Passenger
Stamford. A commissionaire
The Lady Katherine Lobe. Aunt to Lord Charles
Gabriel, Marquis of Wutherwood and Rune (Uncle G.). Elder brother to Lord Charles
Violet, Marchioness of Wutherwood and Rune (Aunt V.). His wife
Giggle. Their chauffeur
Tinkerton. Lady Wutherwood’s maid
Dr Kantripp.