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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... mean I get to go home , but you keep the horse ? ' A chorus of laughs greeted this . ' No , my fine prisoner . You walk the plank ! Come this way , sweetheart . ' And she was pulled along a muddy path , rough hands pinch- ing her arms ...
... mean I get to go home , but you keep the horse ? ' A chorus of laughs greeted this . ' No , my fine prisoner . You walk the plank ! Come this way , sweetheart . ' And she was pulled along a muddy path , rough hands pinch- ing her arms ...
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... mean ? ' Mattie looked at the well and said nothing . Dicker grinned . ' What d'you say , lads ? Reckon she understands ? ' Scarecrow answered grimly , ' She needs to be shown , Dicker . ' Dicker grubbed about in the dirt by the well ...
... mean ? ' Mattie looked at the well and said nothing . Dicker grinned . ' What d'you say , lads ? Reckon she understands ? ' Scarecrow answered grimly , ' She needs to be shown , Dicker . ' Dicker grubbed about in the dirt by the well ...
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... mean diggin ' graves ? Look , Dicker , I done a lot of wicked things in me time , but - ' . - Dicker placed a hand firmly over the other's mouth . ' Put a bung in it , Jack , there's a good tar . No one's to be hurt at least , not ...
... mean diggin ' graves ? Look , Dicker , I done a lot of wicked things in me time , but - ' . - Dicker placed a hand firmly over the other's mouth . ' Put a bung in it , Jack , there's a good tar . No one's to be hurt at least , not ...
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... I'm sure she ... um ... doesn't mean to , my sweet one , ' her podgy , balding husband said in a mild tone , looking up from his magazine and meeting her eye apolo- getically , as was his habit . ' She ... 18 Lord and Lady.
... I'm sure she ... um ... doesn't mean to , my sweet one , ' her podgy , balding husband said in a mild tone , looking up from his magazine and meeting her eye apolo- getically , as was his habit . ' She ... 18 Lord and Lady.
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... means to break things . Of course she will pretend it's sentimental ! ' ' Accidental , you mean , ' Hubert murmured from his seat on the other side of the room . ' That is precisely what I said , Hubert ! ' ' Yes , Mother . ' ' Hubert ...
... means to break things . Of course she will pretend it's sentimental ! ' ' Accidental , you mean , ' Hubert murmured from his seat on the other side of the room . ' That is precisely what I said , Hubert ! ' ' Yes , Mother . ' ' Hubert ...
Contents
5 | |
16 | |
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
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