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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... voice cried : ' That's good , then , my fine boys ! Let's have a light now and see what's in the net , shall we ? Don't sound like much of a catch though , do it ? Hey ? ' The voice was well - spoken , with a rustic edge to it . A ...
... voice cried : ' That's good , then , my fine boys ! Let's have a light now and see what's in the net , shall we ? Don't sound like much of a catch though , do it ? Hey ? ' The voice was well - spoken , with a rustic edge to it . A ...
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... 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 rose . ' And I would ...
... 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 rose . ' And I would ...
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... in him in a shaking voice . She hardly knew what she was say- ing . She was talking just to keep herself from fainting . ' Beg pardon ? Shouldn't do what , Missy ? ' ' Bite your nails . Miss Miss Bell says the 8 The Highwaymen.
... in him in a shaking voice . She hardly knew what she was say- ing . She was talking just to keep herself from fainting . ' Beg pardon ? Shouldn't do what , Missy ? ' ' Bite your nails . Miss Miss Bell says the 8 The Highwaymen.
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... voice to a whisper . ' Now you see , Missy . I have no need for this old worm , have I ? He's nothing to me . And when he gets to the end of that stick , he's nothing to no one . Right ? ' The worm came to the end of its short journey ...
... voice to a whisper . ' Now you see , Missy . I have no need for this old worm , have I ? He's nothing to me . And when he gets to the end of that stick , he's nothing to no one . Right ? ' The worm came to the end of its short journey ...
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... voice trembled a little , as if with fear . Dicker raised the pistol . He sighted along it carefully , then looked around at his men . He gave a long , exasper- ated sigh . ' All right , boys . Mustn't tempt fate ! The damned bird lives ...
... voice trembled a little , as if with fear . Dicker raised the pistol . He sighted along it carefully , then looked around at his men . He gave a long , exasper- ated sigh . ' All right , boys . Mustn't tempt fate ! The damned bird lives ...
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
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