Had been a great house once, with farms and fields, money and jewels–with tenants and squires and men-at-arms. "THE HOUSES WERE MADE OF GREAT BLOCKS OF STONE" "EDRED AND ELFRIDA AND RICHARD SAT DOWN ON THE MINUTE HAND" "'NOW RUN!' SHE SAID, AND HERSELF LED THE WAY" "IT HELD CLOTHES FAR RICHER THAN ANY THEY HAD SEEN YET" "'AH,' SAID OLD NEALE ADMIRINGLY, 'YOU'LL BE A-BUSTING WITH BOOK-LARNIN' AFORE YOU COME TO YOUR TWENTY-ONE, I LAY'" HONEYSETT WAS SITTING IN A LITTLE LOW CHAIR AT THE BACK DOOR PLUCKING A WHITE CHICKEN" "'SOLDIERS!' SHE CRIED, 'AND THEY'RE AFTER US'" "THE STREAM CAME OUT UNDER A ROUGH, LOW ARCH OF STONE" "'YOU'VE NO MANNERS,' IT SAID TO THE NURSE" "'I WILL CONVEY HIM TO OUR COACH, GOOD MASTERS,' SHE SAID TO THE GUARD" "THEY FOUND THEIR HOUSE OCCUPIED BY AN ARMED GUARD" "OLD PARROT-NOSE HAD ELFRIDA BY THE WRIST" "'THOU'RT A FINE PAGE, INDEED, MY DEAR SON,' SAID THE LADY. "THE WALLS SEEMED TO TREMBLE AND SHAKE AND GO CROOKED" "A LADY IN CRIMSON AND ERMINE WITH A GOLD CROWN" "EDRED AND THE BIG CHAIR FELL TO THE FLOOR" "'NOW,' SAID A DOZEN VOICES, 'THE TRUTH, LITTLE MISS'" "'COME, SEE HOW THE NEW SCARF BECOMES THY BET. "THEY SAT DOWN ON THE CLOSE WHITE LINE OF DAISIES" "'DO YOU THINK THE FRENCH WILL LAND TO-MORROW IN LYMCHURCH BAY?' EDRED ASKED" "THE MOULDIWARP MADE A LITTLE RUN AND A LITTLE JUMP, AND ELFRIDA CAUGHT IT"
"'I'VE BROUGHT YOU SOME TEA AND SUGAR,' SHE SAID" "'HOITY-TOITY,' SAID THE OLD LADY, VERY SEVERELY 'WE FORGET OUR MANNERS, I THINK'" "THE CHILDREN WENT IN THE CARRIER'S CART" "THEY WERE TURNING ITS PAGES WITH QUICK, ANXIOUS HANDS"
"'AYE,' HE SAID, 'YOU'RE AN ARDEN, FOR SURE'" "THEY WENT SLOWLY UP THE RED-BRICK-PAVED SIDEWALK" "HE TOOK OFF HIS HAT AT THE LAST WORDS AND SWEPT IT, WITH A FLOURISH, NEARLY TO THE GROUND" JOHN BLAND First Published 1908 Second Impression 1922 Third Impression 1923 "HE TOOK OFF HIS HAT AT THE LAST WORDS AND SWEPT IT, WITH A FLOURISH, NEARLY TO THE GROUND."
A Celebration of Women Writers The House of Arden.
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