Stories by English Authors: England

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Коллектив авторов. Stories by English Authors: England

THE BOX TUNNEL. BY CHARLES READE

MINIONS OF THE MOON. BY F. W. ROBINSON

THE FOUR-FIFTEEN EXPRESS. BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS

THE WRONG BLACK BAG. BY ANGELO LEWIS

THE THREE STRANGERS. BY THOMAS HARDY

MR. LISMORE AND THE WIDOW. BY WILKIE COLLINS

THE PHILOSOPHER IN THE APPLE ORCHARD. BY ANTHONY HOPE

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Our story is of the time when George III was king, and our scene of action lies only at an old farm-house six miles or so from Finchley – a quaint, ramshackle, commodious, old-fashioned, thatched farm-house that we see only in pictures now, and which has long since been improved off the face of the earth.

It was a farm estate that was flourishing bravely in those dear disreputable days when the people paid fivepence a pound for bread, and only dared curse Protection in their hearts; when few throve and many starved, and younger sons of gentry, without interest at court or Parliament, either cut the country which served them so badly, or took to business on the king's highway and served the country badly in return.

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And, sure enough, while Sophie Tarne had been talking to the captain, some one had severed the keys from her girdle and made off with them, and there was only a clean-cut black ribbon dangling at her waist instead.

"That villain Stango," exclaimed the captain "I saw him pass a minute ago. He leaned over and whispered to you, Kits. You remember?"

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