Deception 6 steps
The Hollow Mr. Gavett: A Dead Husband Used as Bait
Patience Gavett disguises herself as her dead husband, Mr. Gavett, to feign his presence within a party led by Reverend Russell, manipulating Fletcher into returning toward the clearing for another ritual. The ruse holds until Fletcher notices the disguised figure's stumbling words and unsure identity, exposing Patience beneath the hollow disguise.
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Patience assumes her dead husband's form
Patience Gavett · Mr. Gavett (Patience in disguise)
What it looked like: The figure appears to be the living Mr. Gavett.
Patience disguises herself in a hollow disguise as Mr. Gavett, whose real self has been dead all along, enabling her further scheming under the guise of the Gavett family.
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The disguised figure joins Russell's party
Patience Gavett · Mr. Gavett (Patience in disguise) · Reverend Thomas Russell · John Fletcher
What it looked like: Fletcher appears to meet a rescue party accompanied by the living Mr. Gavett.
In Sudbury's shadows, Fletcher encounters a party led by Reverend Russell that includes the seemingly alive Mr. Gavett, who is actually Patience in disguise.
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The feigned husband manipulates Fletcher
Patience Gavett · Mr. Gavett (Patience in disguise) · John Fletcher
What it looked like: Fletcher believes he is interacting with the real, living Mr. Gavett.
Patience, in disguise, feigns the husband's presence specifically to manipulate Fletcher for another ritual.
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Fletcher notices the disguise slipping
John Fletcher · Mr. Gavett (Patience in disguise)
As the troupe returns to the clearing, Fletcher grows suspicious of the man who claims grace before meals, noticing that his words stumble and his identity seems unsure.
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The truth of the disguise surfaces
John Fletcher · Patience Gavett · Mr. Gavett (Patience in disguise)
Fletcher discovers that the man calling himself Mr. Gavett is Patience in a hollow disguise and that the real Mr. Gavett has been dead all along.
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Patience leads Fletcher to the ritual clearing
Patience Gavett · Mr. Gavett (Patience in disguise) · John Fletcher · Josiah Cutting · Reverend Thomas Russell
With her plan revealed anew—restarting the ritual without Flora—Patience, still in Mr. Gavett's outward form, leads Fletcher to Cutting and to Reverend Russell, leaving Fletcher to decide whether to sacrifice his own safety to prevent what she intends.
