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Cobbold Richard. The History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl
The History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
CHAPTER I. EARLY SCENES
CHAPTER II. THE TEMPTATION
CHAPTER III. MISFORTUNES
CHAPTER IV. DECEIT
CHAPTER V. WILD SCENES
CHAPTER VI. HARVEST-HOME
CHAPTER VII. THE CONFLICT
CHAPTER VIII. DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER IX. EVIL WAYS
CHAPTER X. THE PARTING
CHAPTER XI. THE LAST INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XII. THE WELCOME VISIT
CHAPTER XIII. POVERTY AND PRIDE
CHAPTER XIV. A CHEERFUL CHANGE
CHAPTER XV. THE NEW PLACE
CHAPTER XVI. BRIGHT HOPES
CHAPTER XVII. ALTERCATION AND EXPLANATION
CHAPTER XVIII. THE RECONCILIATION
CHAPTER XIX. THE ALTERATION
CHAPTER XX. CHANGE OF SCENE AND CHANGE OF PLACE
CHAPTER XXI. GUILT AND CRIME
CHAPTER XXII. PREPARATION FOR TRIAL
CHAPTER XXIII. TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION TO DEATH
CHAPTER XXIV. THE REPRIEVE AND REMOVAL
CHAPTER XXV. THE ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXVI. PURSUIT AND CAPTURE
CHAPTER XXVII. SECOND TRIAL, AND SECOND TIME CONDEMNED TO DEATH
CHAPTER XXVIII. TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER XXIX. BANISHMENT
CHAPTER XXX. REPENTANCE AND AMENDMENT
CHAPTER XXXI. CONCLUSION
SUPPLEMENT. BY THE AUTHOR. A. D. 1858
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Richard Cobbold
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Having given the needful instructions as to the treatment of the invalid, the doctor once more took Margaret in his gig, and drove to the cottage; where having visited and prescribed for poor Susan, he took leave of the grateful family by telling Margaret, that if ever she stood in need of a friend to help her, she had only to “post off again for the doctor.”
Numerous were the inquiries concerning Margaret and her expedition, and she found herself, much to her surprise and chagrin, extolled for her horsewomanship. She began, therefore, to be shy of riding the horses at the farm; and modesty told her, now that her fame began to spread, there was something bold and conspicuous in her former pleasures of this kind. So sensitive was she upon this point, that she avoided as much as possible all allusion to her past habits, and for the future carefully avoided the horse-yard and the horses. Her father and brothers observed this, and would sometimes say, “Peggy, you will soon forget how to ride.”
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