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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... pulled the hood over her short - cropped blond hair , and set off again . The cloak flapped gently against the tops of ankle - high black boots that were several sizes too large for her . After a time the quiet , even pacing of the ...
... pulled the hood over her short - cropped blond hair , and set off again . The cloak flapped gently against the tops of ankle - high black boots that were several sizes too large for her . After a time the quiet , even pacing of the ...
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... pulled at her until she was lying flat along the horse's back , clinging to its mane . The path dropped suddenly and spiralled to the right , down and down until the trees silhouetted on the skyline were high above her , and she could ...
... pulled at her until she was lying flat along the horse's back , clinging to its mane . The path dropped suddenly and spiralled to the right , down and down until the trees silhouetted on the skyline were high above her , and she could ...
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... ' 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 and shoulders , until they reached a 11 The ...
... ' 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 and shoulders , until they reached a 11 The ...
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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 |
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