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A British doctor in Genoa is called in by a faithful servant to diagnose a mysteriously sick Englishman. He accidentally discovers that an orphaned girl in the household is poisoning the sick man and connects her with a conversation of revenge overheard one night. It eventuates that the invalid is the girl's father's twin brother but she has mistaken him for the brother who married and deserted her dead mother. Urged on by her grandmother she was seeking revenge. When stopped from stabbing his patient by the doctor who tells her the truth, she stabs herself. (PB)
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Genoa,
cItaly,cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cItaly,cWestern Europe, Europe,
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