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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... tried to control her voice . ' I - I would be much obliged - ' she said in little more than a whisper , ' if you were to to move out of my path- and - and - ' . The man with the lantern laughed at her . She be- came angry and her voice ...
... tried to control her voice . ' I - I would be much obliged - ' she said in little more than a whisper , ' if you were to to move out of my path- and - and - ' . The man with the lantern laughed at her . She be- came angry and her voice ...
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... tried to stop her legs from shaking . ' I'm I'm Matilda Harris , ' she said halt- ingly . ' I am thirteen years old - ' ' Now that's bad luck , for a start ! ' Scarecrow ex- claimed , dragging at his beard . ' Havin ' a woman on board ...
... tried to stop her legs from shaking . ' I'm I'm Matilda Harris , ' she said halt- ingly . ' I am thirteen years old - ' ' Now that's bad luck , for a start ! ' Scarecrow ex- claimed , dragging at his beard . ' Havin ' a woman on board ...
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... tried to quarry from it , and made quite a deep cave within which Mattie could see was now a storage place for the gang . Nearby was a ramshackle timber cottage and in front of one of its two grimy win- dows was a ring of crumbling ...
... tried to quarry from it , and made quite a deep cave within which Mattie could see was now a storage place for the gang . Nearby was a ramshackle timber cottage and in front of one of its two grimy win- dows was a ring of crumbling ...
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... tried to pull away , but he grabbed her by the shoulder and repeated his question . She kicked out at him feebly , and he laughed . But his shaking of her had dislodged Jasper from her cloak . The bird panicked and stabbed his beak deep ...
... tried to pull away , but he grabbed her by the shoulder and repeated his question . She kicked out at him feebly , and he laughed . But his shaking of her had dislodged Jasper from her cloak . The bird panicked and stabbed his beak deep ...
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... tried to keep Hubert from Mattie , for the girl had an " improper effect " on him . Mattie caused him to laugh too much and to talk far too freely " with- out decorum , decency and discretion ! " Since Mattie's ar- rival , Hubert had ...
... tried to keep Hubert from Mattie , for the girl had an " improper effect " on him . Mattie caused him to laugh too much and to talk far too freely " with- out decorum , decency and discretion ! " Since Mattie's ar- rival , Hubert had ...
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 |
Common terms and phrases
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