G. A. Henty
Bonnie Prince Charlie a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
Paperback
(Forgotten Books Feb. 10, 2017)
Excerpt from Bonnie Prince Charlie a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
It was a dull evening in the month of September, 1728. The apprentices had closed and barred the shutters and the day's work was over. Supper was laid in the long room over the shop, the viands were on the table, and round it were standing Bailie Anderson and his wife, his foreman John Gillespie, and his two apprentices. The latter were furtively eyeing the eatables, and wondering how much longer the grace which their master was delivering would be. Suddenly there was a knock on the door below. No one stirred until the bailie had finished his grace, before which time the knock had been twice repeated.
"Elspeth, woman," the bailie said when he had brought the grace to an end, "go down below and see who knocks so impatiently; look through the grille before you open the door; these are not times when one opens to the first stranger who knocks."
The old servant who had been standing behind her mistress, went down stairs. The door was opened, and they heard an exclamation of surprise at the answer to her question, "Who is it that's knocking as if the house belonged to him?"
Those gathered upstairs heard the bolts withdrawn. There was a confused sound of talking and then a heavy step was heard ascending the stairs, and without introduction a tall man, wrapped in a cloak and carrying a child of some two years old, strode into the room.
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It was a dull evening in the month of September, 1728. The apprentices had closed and barred the shutters and the day's work was over. Supper was laid in the long room over the shop, the viands were on the table, and round it were standing Bailie Anderson and his wife, his foreman John Gillespie, and his two apprentices. The latter were furtively eyeing the eatables, and wondering how much longer the grace which their master was delivering would be. Suddenly there was a knock on the door below. No one stirred until the bailie had finished his grace, before which time the knock had been twice repeated.
"Elspeth, woman," the bailie said when he had brought the grace to an end, "go down below and see who knocks so impatiently; look through the grille before you open the door; these are not times when one opens to the first stranger who knocks."
The old servant who had been standing behind her mistress, went down stairs. The door was opened, and they heard an exclamation of surprise at the answer to her question, "Who is it that's knocking as if the house belonged to him?"
Those gathered upstairs heard the bolts withdrawn. There was a confused sound of talking and then a heavy step was heard ascending the stairs, and without introduction a tall man, wrapped in a cloak and carrying a child of some two years old, strode into the room.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
- ISBN
- 1451006268 / 9781451006261
- Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 13.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.5 in.
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