Mary’s father, Spencer, is an unworthy character, long mysteriously missing *
mary’s father, Spencer, long mysteriously missing, returns to his old home as an unknown and discovers that his daughter, Mary, believes him dead, believes his character to have been noble, and holds him in hallowed remembrance **
spencer renounces his plan to disclose his identity to his daughter, Mary, and shambles away as an unknown, leaving Mary happy with her mistaken ideals ***
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