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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... road , giving just enough light to reveal its many ruts and potholes . She sang occasion- ally to keep her spirits up and paused once to eat a slice of meat and potato pie , which she shared with the tame jackdaw travelling with her ...
... road , giving just enough light to reveal its many ruts and potholes . She sang occasion- ally to keep her spirits up and paused once to eat a slice of meat and potato pie , which she shared with the tame jackdaw travelling with her ...
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... road from left to right , blocking out the little light that remained . The horse's hoofs echoed and were answered by scut- tling sounds from the trees that leaned hard against the margin of the road and met overhead . Mattie peered ...
... road from left to right , blocking out the little light that remained . The horse's hoofs echoed and were answered by scut- tling sounds from the trees that leaned hard against the margin of the road and met overhead . Mattie peered ...
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... road to her right and all her protests were answered by bursts of rough laughter . They jogged along a path at considerable speed . Branches slapped her face and strong , rough hands pulled at her until she was lying flat along the ...
... road to her right and all her protests were answered by bursts of rough laughter . They jogged along a path at considerable speed . Branches slapped her face and strong , rough hands pulled at her until she was lying flat along the ...
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Contents
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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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