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Page 5
The neighbors 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 home - stealing and arson . Anyhow , that was my mother . As for me
...
The neighbors 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 home - stealing and arson . Anyhow , that was my mother . As for me
...
Page 7
I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foot - hills . 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 foot - hills . 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 10
But for Ralph's fear for his neck , which had increased in value since its devotion
to Veronica , he would have squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the
idea of letting me take his place . Finally he settled it ; and I embarked on a long ...
But for Ralph's fear for his neck , which had increased in value since its devotion
to Veronica , he would have squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the
idea of letting me take his place . Finally he settled it ; and I embarked on a long ...
Page 14
... you frighten my horse ? 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 .
... you frighten my horse ? 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 .
Page 19
I've no one to my back . Good - night , goodby . ” I pulled my horse's head round
and galloped down the PART FIRST 19.
I've no one to my back . Good - night , goodby . ” I pulled my horse's head round
and galloped down the PART FIRST 19.
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