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Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks. The Making of William Edwards; or, The Story of the Bridge of Beauty
The Making of William Edwards; or, The Story of the Bridge of Beauty
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. A THUNDERSTORM
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER II. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III. A BOY'S WILL
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER IV. PAYING THE RENT
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER V. THE NEW INMATE
CHAPTER VI. LOST
CHAPTER VII. THE YOUNG PLAGUE
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER VIII. THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER IX. THE BAFFLED AGENT
CHAPTER X. FRIENDS AND BROTHERS
CHAPTER XI. A MEMORABLE ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER XII. CAERPHILLY CASTLE
CHAPTER XIII. MAN PROPOSES
CHAPTER XIV. WHERE IS EVAN?
CHAPTER XV. A STOP-GAP
CHAPTER XVI. DISCOVERIES
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XVII. PROPER TOOLS
CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE GRIP OF A STRONG HAND
CHAPTER XIX. WITH GRANDFATHER'S GOLD
CHAPTER XX. IN THE NICK OF TIME
CHAPTER XXI. THE FINGER OF GOD
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XXII. A BLIND INSTRUCTOR
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XXIII. BRIDGE-BUILDING
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XXIV. PONT-Y-PRIDD
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Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks
Published by Good Press, 2019
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So Rhys and Ales were off betimes, laden with empty pails; bare-legged Ales brushing the dew from the gorse and heather as she trudged along with a pitcher balanced on her head, a stool tucked under one arm, a pail on the other, her knitting, for a wonder, left behind; Rhys, by her side, swinging a large milking-pail to balance a second stool.
When they returned with laden pails to be emptied into the tall churn, the fire was aglow, the porridge ready, the younger children up and dressed in sombre suits, Davy in his first breeches, and all three stiff and uncomfortable in shoes and stockings, neighbourly Mrs. Griffith and her young daughter Cate having come upon the scene to set the afflicted and harassed widow free for the rest of the day.
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