![]() ![]() Hattie waits patiently during Quentin’s investigation, but her controlling aunt increasingly dislikes Quentin’s probe into Poe’s death. He is either met with indifference or obstruction. He also finds and speaks with Poe’s cousins, but all his efforts are fruitless. In an attempt to find answers, Quentin revisits Poe’s grave and the hospital where he died. He only learns the following day while reading the newspaper that the funeral he witnessed was his favorite writer’s. ![]() Poe also bizarrely requested that one of his relatives post a letter to him while he was in Philadelphia under the pseudonym “EST Grey.” He is reported to have said different things as his last words, including “Herring,” “Reynolds,” and “Lord help my poor soul.” Quentin happens to witness Poe’s funeral and is struck that only four mourners are in attendance. No one knows why he came to Baltimore or how he ended up in the tavern. He was on a trip from Richmond to New York and planned to stop in Philadelphia. Furthermore, Poe was not even supposed to be in Baltimore. The gap between these events is what troubles Quentin the most. He then reappeared at the tavern and was found dead. Four days before he died, he was found at Ryan’s Inn and Tavern in distress. ![]() ![]() He died at the age of forty on October 7, 1849. An avid fan of Poe’s work, Quentin is immediately struck by the mysterious circumstances surrounding Poe’s death. ![]()
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