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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... thing in my camp , my little pretty ! But it's up to you , girl . I'll take off his head as he sits there on your shoulder , or else as he flies away . But off it most definitely goes , my lovely ! Can't abide witches , ghosts , black ...
... thing in my camp , my little pretty ! But it's up to you , girl . I'll take off his head as he sits there on your shoulder , or else as he flies away . But off it most definitely goes , my lovely ! Can't abide witches , ghosts , black ...
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... thing moving of its own will . Dicker looked up at her along the barrel and 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 ...
... thing moving of its own will . Dicker looked up at her along the barrel and 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 ...
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... things when you no longer need ' em and don't particularly want any- one else to know you've had ' em . Know what I mean ? ' Mattie looked at the well and said nothing . Dicker grinned . ' What d'you say , lads ? Reckon she understands ...
... things when you no longer need ' em and don't particularly want any- one else to know you've had ' em . Know what I mean ? ' Mattie looked at the well and said nothing . Dicker grinned . ' What d'you say , lads ? Reckon she understands ...
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... then , littl'un ? How rich be they ? ' Mattie had recovered her courage once more and re- garded him coolly . ' If you think I'm going to tell you any- thing , you're going to be very , very disappointed 13 The Highwaymen.
... then , littl'un ? How rich be they ? ' Mattie had recovered her courage once more and re- garded him coolly . ' If you think I'm going to tell you any- thing , you're going to be very , very disappointed 13 The Highwaymen.
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Ed Wicke. thing , you're going to be very , very disappointed , ' she said . Dicker laughed . ' What shall we do with her , lads ? D'you reckon she'll talk if we roast her feet on the camp- fire ? ' There were laughs of approval at this ...
Ed Wicke. thing , you're going to be very , very disappointed , ' she said . Dicker laughed . ' What shall we do with her , lads ? D'you reckon she'll talk if we roast her feet on the camp- fire ? ' There were laughs of approval at this ...
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
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