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Prologue and Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4

• In the Prologue, Lees and Abberline discuss their roles in the cover-up of the Whitechapel murders.

• Abberline notes that their cooperation is what kept them alive.
• In 1884, an incognito Prince Albert falls in love with Annie Crook.

• Crook becomes pregnant and Albert marries her.

• Sometime after the birth of Annie and Albert's baby, the royal guard takes Albert away.

• Mary Kelly hears one of the men refer to Albert as "your Highness."
• William Gull's life is depicted from 1827 to the present day of the novel.

• Gull becomes a doctor and runs a women's lunatic asylum.

• Gull's mentor, Dr. Hinton, relays his son's theories on the fourth dimension.
• Gull is called to treat Albert's syphilis and becomes the confidante of fellow Freemason, Queen Victoria.

• Gull is called upon by the Queen to get rid of Annie Crook, whom he has committed and lobotomized.
• Mary Kelly...

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