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I took Treasure Island to church with me as a talisman.<br />“What a lovely bible,” Mrs. Tribly said.<br />“Isn’t it just?” I replied, hoping she would not ask me to read a favorite verse aloud.<br />I do not believe the psalmist wrote,<br />Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest,<br />Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum.<br /><br />The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighbourhood of St. Crispian’s. But Emma’s plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian’s.<br /><br />Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of novella-length volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.