![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He begins to fear that the list contains the names of those dead or shortly to die. The list includes the names of Mark's godmother, Lady Hesketh-Dubois, who has recently died of what appear to be natural causes, and of Thomasina Tuckerton. When Mark encounters the police surgeon, Corrigan, he learns of the list of names found in Father Gorman's shoe. At dinner with a friend, Poppy Stirling mentions something called the Pale Horse that arranges deaths, but is suddenly scared at having mentioned it and will say no more. Soon afterwards he learns that this second girl, Thomasina Tuckerton, has died. ![]() Mark Easterbrook, the hero of the book and its principal narrator, sees a fight between two girls in a Chelsea coffee-bar during which one pulls out some of the other's hair at the roots. In the following summary, events are not given in strict narrative order. (may contain spoilers - click on expand to read) As the police begin to investigate, a young hero begins to piece together evidence that sets him upon a converging path. Before he can take action, however, he is struck dead in the fog.
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