The Red Bicycle

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Red BicycleISBN13:9781986685641ISBN10:1986685640Author:Hume, Fergus (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - The Dingy Little Cart Containing The Clean Linen Of The Rectory, Was On Its Way By An Unusually Roundabout Route Neddy Mellin, The Washer Woman's Son, Who Disliked Work As Much As He Liked Play, Which Was Natural In A Lad Of Thirteen, Grumbled Openly At The Uncongenial Task Of Driving The Large White Donkey The Animal Herself, Who Answered To The Name Of Nelly, Grumbled Also In Her Own Way, As She Objected To Innovations Hitherto She Had Been Allowed To Take The Short Road To The Parson's Residence; Now She Was Compelled To Go By The Long One, Which Was Particularly Annoying On This Damp, Misty November Afternoon With The Obstinacy Of Her Race She Refused To Trot, And Although Neddy Whipped Her, Coaxed Her, And Threatened Her, Nelly Tstill Behaved As Though She Were Attending A Funeral Mrs Mellin Did Not Mind Throned Amidst The Bundles Of Linen, She Peered Through The Fog For Something She Particularly Wished To See Only When The Cart Arrived Midway Down A Melancholy, Deserted Thoroughfare, Bordered By Dripping Elm-Trees, Did She Speak Then The Cart Stopped As She Fancied She Heard An Order There, Said Mrs Mellin, Pointing With A Fat, Red Finger At A Dreary Mansion Which Stood In A Disorderly Garden Maranatha I Never Did 'Ear Of Sich A Queer Name In All My Born Days It's A Scripter Name, And Has To Do With Cursing, Explained Her Son, Who, Being A Choir-Boy, Knew Something About The Bible Then Don't Let Me 'Ear You Use Sich A Wicked Word, Or I'll Take The Skin Off Your Back, Said His Mother, Wiping Her Large Crimson Face With A Corner Of Her Tartan Shawl Maranatha It Gives Me The Shivers, It Do You're Using It Yourself, Murmured Neddy, In An Injured Tone Me, Being Your Elder And Your Ma, Has A Right To Use Words As Ain't Fit For You, Said Mrs Mellin, Tartly, And As We've Got The Washing Of The New Gent As Has Come To Live There, I'll Say The Name Often Enough I'll Be Bound But Not You, Neddy Say The 'Ouse, And I'll Know What You Mean And For 'Eaven's Sake, Child Don't 'It The Donkey I Want To Look At The Place Mrs Mellin Craned Forward So As To Get A Better View, And Stared At The Square, Ugly Building, The Damp Red Bricks Of Which Were Almost Hidden By Dark Curtains Of Untrimmed Ivy Smoke Came From One Chimney, Which Showed That The House Was Inhabited, But As The Shutters Were Up And The Door Closed, There Was A Sinister Look About The Whole Place Which Made The Washerwoman Shiver In Its Wilderness Of Shrubs And Long Grass, Girdled By Gigantic Elms, All Sopping And Dripping, The Mansion Loomed Portentously Through The Mists It Looked Like A House With An Evil History, And The Queer Name On The Gate Suited It Extraordinarily Well Mrs Mellin Was Not Imaginative, Yet She Shivered Again As She Signed That Nelly Could Proceed Tired Of Standing And Anxious To Get Her Day's Work Over, Nelly Changed Her Funeral Pace For A More Active One Maranatha Murmured Mrs Mellin, As The Cart Turned Into The Parade Well, Baronet Or No Baronet, He Won't Get Much Good Out Of Maranatha Arter Suicides You May Paint A 'Ouse, You May Furnish A 'Ouse, And You May Advertise 'Ouses Till You're Sick, But Them As Comes To Live In Sich Allays Leaves Afore The Term's Out An' No Wonder 'Ow Long He'll Stay? Who'll Stay? Asked Neddy Curiously I Wasn't Speaking To You, Child 'Old Your Tongue And Drive On I Do 'Ope As Mrs Craver Ain't 'Eard This Will Be News For 'Er And That Emily Pyne Is Sich A Gossip, As Never Was All The Way To The Rectory, Mrs Mellin Continued To Talk In This Way To Herself, While Neddy Kept His Ears Open To Drink In Every Word He Was A Slender Boy With A Wonderfully Delicate Complexion, Curly Golden Hair, And Innocent Blue Eyes, Looking, On The Whole, Like A Stray Angel And When In The Choir He Not Only Looked Like An Angel But Sang Like One, As His Voice Was Remarkably Beautiful Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2018-05-02Weight:0.65 lbsDimensions:0.46'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:216Language:English

Price: 11.78 USD

Location: USA

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