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The Odds by Ethel M. Dell
Plot (can't wait) :warning:
Preface: Without prejudice
Dot #: 31
Dot main character lives with brother Jack Burton in Australian outback
While Jack and magistrate (Fletcher Hill) are out hunting for the cattle thief, Dot is saved by a mysterious from a poisonous snake
Fletcher's nickname is 'Bloodhound Hill'
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But Dot Burton in her inexperience had no thought of evil.
She was only curious
She forgot her weariness and bent down to watch the moving grass
Bill Warden (Buckskin bill) saved Dot from the poisonous snake
She falls in love but he must escape because he is the very same cattle thief
his gangster name is Buckskin Bill
Chapter 1 Silly Sentiment
Dot #: 9
Dot decides to leave the ranch with her brother
She admits to Jack that she is waiting for Bill all these years after he reveals that Fletcher has been waiting for her (fucking love triangle)
Chapter 2 Number Three
Dot #: 15
Dot grows increasingly frustrated living with brother Jack and new wife Adele
Chapter ends with her saying "She had become
Number Three
"
Chapter 3 Fletcher Hill
Dot #: 11
Fletcher visits (remember that he wants to marry Dot)
Fletcher is convinced to stay the night and Dot is very uncomfortable in his presence. Jack has been pressuring her to give in to Fletcher and marry him.
First mention of Fortesque the gold mine where uncaught criminals go to work
Can Fortesque be a reference to OpenSea?
Chapter 4 The coat of mail
Dot#: 3
Fletchers gets Dot alone and convinces her to forget about Bill and marry him. She says 'yes'.
someone tell me wtf i'm reading this?
Chapter 5 The lost romance
Dot#: 8
Jack helps Dot reconcile to this marriage. Fletcher is a good man after all. They plan on visiting the mine soon.
Chapter 6 The way to happiness
Dot#: 12
They all go to Trelevan to stay the night and Fletcher convinces Dot to marry him by the end of the week.
Chapter 7 The conqueror
They decide to go to the billiard room and at a table Dot is SHOCKED to see Bill there playing.
Bill has assumed the name 'Bill Warden'
Dot#: 17
Fletcher is convinced to play Bill and is beaten by him, but Fletcher figure's out Bill's true identity.
Chapter 8 The meeting
Dot#: 18
Dot is conflicted terribly. Oh my! She realizes she lost her broach and goes downstairs to look for it.
She meets Bill who admits to have recognized her and has been trying to live a good life to be worthy of her.
Fletcher agrees to take Adele and Dot to visit the mine the next day.
Chapter 9 The mine
Dot#: 10
In the mine Fletcher is ambushed by Bill and locked in a room. He then takes Dot to safety claiming the miners are dangerous.
Dot convinces Bill to protect Fletcher and rescue him from the miners who are trying to kill the magistrate (police chief).
Chapter 10 The greater love
Dot#: 2
Bill leads Dot out of the mine. She convinces him to let her marry Fletcher if he wants to reclaim his good nature.
Chapter 11 Without conditions
Dot#: 2
Fletcher saves Bill from the murderous miners. They strike a bargain - his life if he leaves Bill alone.
Fletcher tells Bill he knows his identity.
Chapter 12 The boss of barren valley
Dot#: 11
Miners storm the house Dot/Adele are in to kill Fletcher. Bill arrives to say Fletcher is his prisoner.
Bill convinces the miners to spare Fletcher by explaining to him that he is the true owner/boss of the mine.
Chapter 13 The offical seal
Dot#: 6
Fast forward to the marriage. Fletcher carries her to the altar, and to her SHOCK! hands her over to Bill to be married.
In the end Fletcher gave Dot to Bill because he knew where her heart was, AND because he needs to keep secret that he was a business partner with a former cattle thief. (he didn't know at the time of course)
Theories
Book is a cipher
Dots were counted by chapter (see below) <chapter>:<dot count>?
Tried book cipher tool but nothing obvious popped
out
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used line:word pairs from Dot's tweet
Cipher would be consistent with prior ARGs like Cicada 3031
Hidden meanings in the text
didn't really find much here except reference to "THIRD PERSON" by dot in chapter 2
'3' seems to be a theme in this puzzle
Could 'Fortesque' reference 'OpenSea'?
You think that our dot is similar to the dot in the book in the sense that Dot was in love with (or in our case working with) the theif (ie bot builders) and possible the mine owner (ie open sea) only to find the two were working together?? Meaning (and put your tinfoil hat on for this one boys and girls) that Open Sea could be working with the bot builders since it ultimately brings them more revenue?
(Dak)
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