Starvecrow Farm
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Weyman Stanley John. Starvecrow Farm
CHAPTER I. ACROSS THE QUICKSANDS
CHAPTER II. A RED WAISTCOAT
CHAPTER III. A WEDDING MORNING
CHAPTER IV. TWO TO ON
CHAPTER V. A JEZEBEL
CHAPTER VI. THE INQUIRY
CHAPTER VII. CAPTAIN ANTHONY CLYNE
CHAPTER VIII. STARVECROW FARM
CHAPTER IX. PUNISHMENT
CHAPTER X. HENRIETTA IN NAXOS
CHAPTER XI. CAPTAIN CLYNE'S PLAN
CHAPTER XII. THE OLD LOVE
CHAPTER XIII. A JEALOUS WOMAN
CHAPTER XIV. THE LETTER
CHAPTER XV. THE ANSWER
CHAPTER XVI. A NIGHT ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XVII. THE EDGE OF THE STORM
CHAPTER XVIII. MR. JOSEPH NADIN
CHAPTER XIX. AT THE FARM
CHAPTER XX. PROOF POSITIVE
CHAPTER XXI. COUSIN MEETS COUSIN
CHAPTER XXII. MR. SUTTON'S NEW RÔLE
CHAPTER XXIII. IN KENDAL GAOL
CHAPTER XXIV. THE RÔLE CONTINUED
CHAPTER XXV. PRISON EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER XXVI. A RECONCILIATION
CHAPTER XXVII. BISHOP CAUGHT NAPPING
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE GOLDEN SHIP
CHAPTER XXIX. THE DARK MAID
CHAPTER XXX. BESS'S TRIUMPH
CHAPTER XXXI. A STRANGE BEDROOM
CHAPTER XXXII. THE SEARCH
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SMUGGLERS' OVEN
CHAPTER XXXIV. IN TYSON'S KITCHEN
CHAPTER XXXV. THROUGH THE WOOD
CHAPTER XXXVI. TWO OF RACE
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The thought, however, did not stand between him and his duty. "Sharp, Sam," he cried briskly. "Fire in Mr. Rogers's room." Then to his guests: "Late? No, sir, not at all. This way, ma'am. All will be ready in a twinkling."
But Henrietta stood smiling.
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"And King Louis, ma'am, years ago-what of him? The King of France, ma'am? Crown gone, head gone-all gone! And why? Because there was not a good blow struck in time, ma'am! Because, poor, foolish foreigner, he had no yeomanry and no Bow Street, ma'am! But the Government, the British Government, is wiser. They are brave men-brave noblemen, I should say," Mr. Bishop amended with respect, – "but with treason and misprision of treason stalking the land, with the lower orders, that should behave themselves lowly and reverently to all their betters, turned to ramping, roaring Jacobins seeking whom they may devour, and whose machine they may break, my lords would not sleep in their beds-no, not they, brave men as they are-if it were not for the yeomanry and the runners." He had to pause for breath.
Mrs. Gilson coughed dryly.
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