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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... took a thick knife from his belt and slit the envelope deftly , like a man accustomed to much slitting . He extracted the let- ter and read it , his lips moving silently . Dear Uncle Lucid By the time you get this letter , I shall 14 ...
... took a thick knife from his belt and slit the envelope deftly , like a man accustomed to much slitting . He extracted the let- ter and read it , his lips moving silently . Dear Uncle Lucid By the time you get this letter , I shall 14 ...
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... took after his father . He had no choice in the refinement , for Lady Agatha insisted on it . It was for the sake of this re- finement that she tried to keep Hubert from Mattie , for the girl had an " improper effect " on him . Mattie ...
... took after his father . He had no choice in the refinement , for Lady Agatha insisted on it . It was for the sake of this re- finement that she tried to keep Hubert from Mattie , for the girl had an " improper effect " on him . Mattie ...
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... took her in , fed her , raised her and spent good money on her ... especially the good money we've spent on breakages ! ' ' My dearest ! ' cried Lucid . ' Pray do not upset yourself ! I am sure you exaggerate . This child , whom we have ...
... took her in , fed her , raised her and spent good money on her ... especially the good money we've spent on breakages ! ' ' My dearest ! ' cried Lucid . ' Pray do not upset yourself ! I am sure you exaggerate . This child , whom we have ...
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... took a penknife from his blazer pocket . Turning his chair around so that his stepmother could not see what he was doing , he began trimming the jigsaw shapes so that they fitted one an- other . Lady Agatha took up her embroidery again ...
... took a penknife from his blazer pocket . Turning his chair around so that his stepmother could not see what he was doing , he began trimming the jigsaw shapes so that they fitted one an- other . Lady Agatha took up her embroidery again ...
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... . ' There was a long pause . Lady Agatha took up her sewing again . She clearly felt she had said enough . ' It's such a relief having told you , Lucid . My mind is quite easy now . ' ' It is ? ' asked 24 Lord and Lady.
... . ' There was a long pause . Lady Agatha took up her sewing again . She clearly felt she had said enough . ' It's such a relief having told you , Lucid . My mind is quite easy now . ' ' It is ? ' asked 24 Lord and Lady.
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