Meanwhile, John begins to suspect he is descended from the Huffams, the original owners of the estate. She possesses a codicil to a will which is valuable to the Mompesson family, owners of a nearby estate. An attempted burglary tempts Mary to show her hand.Gradually it becomes clear that they are threatened by the search for the document. Meanwhile, young John Mellamphy is growing up in the remote countryside with his mother Mary, ignorant of the name of Huffam. A bribe reveals the confidential details of a correspondent who is the link to a vital hidden document. The novel begins in London with a secret meeting between two legal men. Many of the puzzles that are apparently solved in the story have an alternative solution in the subtext. It takes the form of a Dickensian mystery set in early 19th century England, but Palliser has added the modern attributes of an ambiguous plot and unreliable narrators. The Quincunx (The Inheritance of John Huffam) is the epic first novel of Charles Palliser.
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