Trotting Cob in The Moving Finger
e a regular sea of mud. The wheels sank axle deep in it. The horses floundered through it in the darkness, and every now and then the lamps were reflected in a big pool of shallow water. The wind blew keen and cold, but the coach was full inside and out, and so, though it was pitch dark, I kept my…
- Record ID
- 2,283
- Year
- 1,895
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 2283
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Publication
- The Moving Finger; Mary Gaunt
- Published
- 1895
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- Trotting Cob
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
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e a regular sea of mud. The wheels sank axle deep in it. The horses floundered through it in the darkness, and every now and then the lamps were reflected in a big pool of shallow water. The wind blew keen and cold, but the coach was full inside and out, and so, though it was pitch dark, I kept my seat by the driver. A light gleamed up out of the darkness. "Trotting Cob!" said he, and discoursed upon it till he pulled up his horses on their haunches exactly opposite a wide-open door, where the lamplight displayed a rudely-laid table and a bright fire, which seemed hospitably to beckon us in. The whole place was as wide awake as if.
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