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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... spoke quietly . ' The only thing that stops me from putting a bul- let through the both of you is the thought that you may be worth more to us alive than dead , little Miss Bigboots . Perhaps so as to save your scrawny little skin - you ...
... spoke quietly . ' The only thing that stops me from putting a bul- let through the both of you is the thought that you may be worth more to us alive than dead , little Miss Bigboots . Perhaps so as to save your scrawny little skin - you ...
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... spoke urgently , grabbing Dicker's arm . ' Don't shoot a jackdaw , Dicker . ' Sbad luck , it is . Like like killin ' an albatross at sea . ' Mattie was surprised that his voice trembled a little , as if with fear . Dicker raised the ...
... spoke urgently , grabbing Dicker's arm . ' Don't shoot a jackdaw , Dicker . ' Sbad luck , it is . Like like killin ' an albatross at sea . ' Mattie was surprised that his voice trembled a little , as if with fear . Dicker raised the ...
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... spoke up again , saying doubtfully , ' She's just a girl , Dicker . ' ' Just a girl ? She's a clear thousand in gold pieces , you lily - livered babies ! But no matter . No matter ! We know the name she gave us that . And I reckon if we ...
... spoke up again , saying doubtfully , ' She's just a girl , Dicker . ' ' Just a girl ? She's a clear thousand in gold pieces , you lily - livered babies ! But no matter . No matter ! We know the name she gave us that . And I reckon if we ...
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... spoke in whispers to her uncle and aunt , if she spoke at all . She did not know how to speak to the servants , having never had any before now . Only with her cousin was she at ease , and even with him she could not speak of the things ...
... spoke in whispers to her uncle and aunt , if she spoke at all . She did not know how to speak to the servants , having never had any before now . Only with her cousin was she at ease , and even with him she could not speak of the things ...
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... spoke kindly to me , but she has taught him to mumble rudely into his teacup . She breaks all our pre- cious , precious ornaments and can't scrub a floor for tof- fee ! ' ' Do we give her toffee for the housework she does , my dear ...
... spoke kindly to me , but she has taught him to mumble rudely into his teacup . She breaks all our pre- cious , precious ornaments and can't scrub a floor for tof- fee ! ' ' Do we give her toffee for the housework she does , my dear ...
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 |
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