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Page 6
The neighbours round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp ' s farm was a hotbed of
disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on
one day — for horse - stealing and arson . . . . Anyhow , that was my mother .
The neighbours round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp ' s farm was a hotbed of
disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on
one day — for horse - stealing and arson . . . . Anyhow , that was my mother .
Page 8
I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foothills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that
great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury
...
I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foothills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that
great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury
...
Page 17
Now , boys , get round them . . . . " The great horses formed an irregular half -
circle round us ; men descended clumsily , like sacks of corn . The lanthorn was
seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I caught my own
name .
Now , boys , get round them . . . . " The great horses formed an irregular half -
circle round us ; men descended clumsily , like sacks of corn . The lanthorn was
seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I caught my own
name .
Page 18
Rangsley slipped from his horse . “ Blindfold ' em , lads , ” he cried , and turned
me sharply round . “ Don ' t struggle , ” he whispered in my ear ; his silk
handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I felt hands fumbling with a knot at
the back of ...
Rangsley slipped from his horse . “ Blindfold ' em , lads , ” he cried , and turned
me sharply round . “ Don ' t struggle , ” he whispered in my ear ; his silk
handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I felt hands fumbling with a knot at
the back of ...
Page 24
I pulled my horse ' s head round and galloped down the hill . The main body had
halted before setting out over the shingle to the shore . Rangsley was waiting to
conduct us into the town , where we should find a man to take us three fugitives ...
I pulled my horse ' s head round and galloped down the hill . The main body had
halted before setting out over the shingle to the shore . Rangsley was waiting to
conduct us into the town , where we should find a man to take us three fugitives ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance Volume 7 of Complete Works, Ford Madox Ford |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2009 |
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