Wow, what an interesting story! He sounds a bit like the bookshop owner in the comedy series "Black Books".
The John Carfrae who was Helen's husband must have died before her as she was his "relict", but I'm not sure which death is his. There are 7 John Carfrae deaths in Midlothian 1782-1830 (with surname variants) and 2 of them at St Cuthberts.
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