Sir Christopher: A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644
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Goodwin Maud Wilder. Sir Christopher: A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644
Preface
CHAPTER I. ROBIN HOOD'S BARN
CHAPTER II. ST. GABRIEL'S AND ST. INIGO'S
CHAPTER III. BLESSING AND BANNING
CHAPTER IV. THE LORD OF THE MANOR
CHAPTER V. PEGGY
CHAPTER VI. THE KING'S ARMS
CHAPTER VII. IN GOOD GREEN WOOD
CHAPTER VIII. A CLUE
CHAPTER IX. A REQUIEM MASS
CHAPTER X. THE ORDEAL BY TOUCH
CHAPTER XI. THE GREATER LOVE
CHAPTER XII. HOW LOVERS ARE CONVINCED
CHAPTER XIII. A CHANGE OF VENUE
CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH FATE TAKES THE HELM
CHAPTER XV. DIGITUS DEI
CHAPTER XVI. LIFE OR DEATH
CHAPTER XVII. ROMNEY
CHAPTER XVIII. THE EMERALD TAG
CHAPTER XIX. THE ROLLING YEAR
CHAPTER XX. A BIRTHNIGHT BALL
CHAPTER XXI. A ROOTED SORROW
CHAPTER XXII. CANDLEMAS EVE
CHAPTER XXIII "HEY FOR ST. MARY'S, AND WIVES FOR US ALL!"
CHAPTER XXIV. THE CALVERT MOTTO
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Through the January twilight a sail-boat steered its course by the light of a fire which blazed high in the throat of the chimney at St. Gabriel's Manor. Within the hall, circled by the light from the fire, a Danish hound stretched its lazy length on the floor, and, pillowing his head against the dog's body, lay a boy eight or nine years old.
He was a plain laddie, with a freckled nose, a wide mouth, and round apple cheeks over which flaxen curls tumbled in confusion. His big eyes, the redeeming feature of the face, were just now fixed upon the shadows cast by the motion of his joined hands on the wall. At length the lips parted over a row of baby teeth with a gap in the centre, through which the little tongue showed blood-red, as the boy laughed long and loud.
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"Not at all – quite different. And thou wilt come with Cecil to see how the land fares from time to time?"
"Why, that were but business."
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