As Miss Lucy Harrington, daughter of the village rector, and Major Sir Robert Kurland plan their nuptials, the major is beginning to wonder if he?ll ever hear wedding bells. He?s seen complex military campaigns that involved less strategy, and he?s finding Lucy?s meddling family maddeningWhen the body of Ezekiel Thurrock, the church verger, is discovered crushed by a stone gargoyle that has fallen from the bell tower, the tragic death strikes a somber note and the wedding is delayed. But the evidence suggests this was no accident, and Lucy wonders if bad blood at the village fair had anything to do with the man?s mysterious demise, since there was much bitterness over Ezekiel?s prizewinning vegetables.
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