![]() ![]() The story ends with the two young women trying to restore their former lives despite the greatly diminished circumstances they now face. When a distant relative with suspect motives shows up at the sisters’ door, the fragile equilibrium of their existence is upset, which eventually leads to tragic consequences for almost everyone involved. Although she was ultimately exonerated in court, she remains the object of scorn, fear, and derision in society. Since Merricat was absent from the table at the time, Constance was accused of the crime. ![]() Their isolation is due largely to the ostracism they face from the townspeople because of a tragic incident that happened six years before: one evening at dinner, the rest of the Blackwood family died after being poisoned by arsenic, with only Julian surviving the event. Constance and Mary Katherine (or Merricat, as she is known) Blackwood are sisters living with their disabled uncle Julian in a remote mansion on the edge of a small rural town. ![]()
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