Mattie and the HighwaymenIn the 1840s most highwaymen are hanging up their riding boots and putting away their pistols. But there is just time for one last gang of misfit ruffians to attack nervous travellers as they pass through Harewood forest in Hampshire And so it is that |
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... Mattie's face . Its holder was tall and skinny and wore a black mask cover- ing the top half of his face . Below the mask was a sharp nose , bad teeth , and a filthy , matted beard parted on the left by a wide scar . Behind him ...
... Mattie's face . Its holder was tall and skinny and wore a black mask cover- ing the top half of his face . Below the mask was a sharp nose , bad teeth , and a filthy , matted beard parted on the left by a wide scar . Behind him ...
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... Mattie's whirling senses . Not counting Dicker , her cap- tors were four . Two of them were bearded ; three were scarred about the face ; all were filthy . One had large gold earrings , long black hair tied behind his head , and a hook ...
... Mattie's whirling senses . Not counting Dicker , her cap- tors were four . Two of them were bearded ; three were scarred about the face ; all were filthy . One had large gold earrings , long black hair tied behind his head , and a hook ...
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... Mattie's adventures , roused himself at this last cry . He crept out from within Mattie's cloak onto her shoulder and fixed the man with a bright eye . ' Heh ! Heh ! ' he mim- icked . ' Sblood ! It's a devil bird ! ' exclaimed Dicker ...
... Mattie's adventures , roused himself at this last cry . He crept out from within Mattie's cloak onto her shoulder and fixed the man with a bright eye . ' Heh ! Heh ! ' he mim- icked . ' Sblood ! It's a devil bird ! ' exclaimed Dicker ...
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... Mattie's grey - green eyes glittered a little and her chin came up defiantly . ' You are now , young'un ! ' said Lump , who had righted himself and was edging cautiously out of Dicker's reach . Dicker continued , ' But at least you're ...
... Mattie's grey - green eyes glittered a little and her chin came up defiantly . ' You are now , young'un ! ' said Lump , who had righted himself and was edging cautiously out of Dicker's reach . Dicker continued , ' But at least you're ...
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... Mattie's parents and half the village of Old Rookum . Five sad , dull months , in which she had lived with her uncle and aunt - Sir Lucid and Lady Agatha Arbuthnot - and her cousin Hubert . Lucid had come to collect her from her ...
... Mattie's parents and half the village of Old Rookum . Five sad , dull months , in which she had lived with her uncle and aunt - Sir Lucid and Lady Agatha Arbuthnot - and her cousin Hubert . Lucid had come to collect her from her ...
Contents
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Workus Brats | 26 |
Trapped | 34 |
No Mitchin | 47 |
Some Argufyin | 55 |
Plots and Proverbs | 68 |
Rafty Lessons | 75 |
Skisin Off | 135 |
Ancient History | 146 |
Tricksy Little Game | 155 |
Final Meal | 161 |
Lump Emmet Hump | 171 |
A Strange Homecoming | 181 |
Hard Decisions | 191 |
Revelations | 208 |
The Danger of a Little Gold | 83 |
The Lives of the Poor | 103 |
The Workhouse | 114 |
Nobbut Hard Work | 122 |
A Longawaited Bonfire | 223 |
Historical comment | 228 |
Hampshire dialect | 229 |
Common terms and phrases
afore ain't Andover aunt Aunt Agatha bein ben't better bird black stallion bones Brats bread breakfast camp carriage cave Chief Inspector child clothes Cornwall cried dark dear dirty door Druddery Hall exclaimed eyes face father fingers girl hand hard head highwayman horse Hubert jackdaw Jasper Lady Agatha Lizzie Lump Mama Matilda Mattie asked Mattie looked Mattie nodded Mattie's McDougal mean Mills mind Miss Bell Missy never night once paused Perhaps Pirate poor pulled rags reckon Renward River Test road Rose of Tralee Scarecrow shoulder side Sir Dicker Sir Lucid smiled sorry spect spoke stared stood Stump suddenly sure talking tell there's things thought told Tom Smith took trying turned Tyger uncle voice walked wash watermint what's whispered words Work'us Workhouse wrong young