Rosalind at Red Gate

A weary Irish writer has fled to a quiet New York summer house, hoping for solitude to finish his study of Russian rivers. His peace is shattered when a terse telegram from the enigmatic Paul Stoddard summons him to meet a stranger, Miss Patricia Holbrook, at the nearby Annandale station. The message, full of urgent undertones and cryptic references, forces him to trade his tranquil retreat for an unexpected encounter.

From the moment he steps onto the carriage‑laden driveway, the narrator’s wry observations and literary allusions mingle with the bustling world of early‑20th‑century America. As he prepares to escort the mysterious visitor to the shuttered St. Agatha’s school, hints of hidden troubles begin to surface, promising a tangled web of duty, faith, and personal intrigue. Listeners will be drawn into a story where a simple telegram sets off a chain of events that could reshape the writer’s quiet summer into something far more consequential.