Mary listens as the man tells Joss that he no longer wants to take part in Joss's schemes. Joss is in the bar with Harry the peddler and another man. After a while, Mary sneaks downstairs to get a closer look. Mary watches as the men from the bar move cargo from wagons to the house while moving other boxes to open carts. Mary has been warned to ignore these sounds, but curiosity gets the better of her. After a time, Mary retires to her bedroom above the front porch, sickened and frightened by the men she has spent the evening serving.ĭuring the night, Mary is woken by the noise of wagons moving in the front yard. The men are rowdy and crude, making suggestions to Mary that she knows they would act upon if Joss was not there to protect her. Then, one Saturday night, Joss Merlyn has a group of friends to the bar where Mary is expected to act as barmaid. Jamaica Inn is easy to care for because most of the rooms are used as storage and no customers ever come. The first few weeks, Mary spends her mornings helping her aunt do household chores and her afternoons exploring the moors. Almost immediately Mary begins to make plans to escape Jamaica Inn, take her aunt, and buy a farm back in Helford where they could both live the rest of their lives in peace. Patience is no longer happy and carefree, but a skittish, frightened woman. There is violence in Joss that Mary recognizes from the moment he opens the door. Joss is a large man, with features that speak of a hard life and excesses in alcohol. Mary arrives to meet Joss Merlyn, her uncle. The driver of her coach tells Mary that coaches once stopped at Jamaica Inn for refreshments and good conversation, but now no one ever stops there. On her journey, Mary begins to hear rumors that Jamaica Inn, the place where her aunt and uncle now live, is not a place a respectable woman should visit. Mary is saddened at having to leave the only home she has ever known, but excited to reconnect with the vivacious aunt she only met once as a child. Mary Yellan has recently buried her mother and sold the family farm in order to fulfill her mother's dying wish that she go to live with her aunt, Patience, in Bodmin. A novel of mystery, evil, and intrigue, Jamaica Inn is an exciting adventure for readers of all ages. Mary almost immediately begins plotting an escape for herself and her aunt, but quickly realizes she does not know whom she can trust. However, Mary arrives to find Jamaica Inn a cold, foreboding place that has earned a reputation fitting to the abusive man who has come to be its landlord. Mary comes to the inn expecting to be reunited with the kind, carefree aunt she met once as a young child. In this novel, Mary Yellan comes to live at Jamaica Inn with her aunt and uncle after the death of her widowed mother. Jamaica Inn is a novel by celebrated author Daphne du Maurier.
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