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Trotting Cob in The Moving Finger

YEAR
1895
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Trotting Cob in The Moving Finger

es 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 it were noon instead of midnight. Ten minutes' stay, and we were off again into the darkness,…

Record ID
2,284
Year
1,895
Source
Project Gutenberg Australia
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Record ID
2284
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
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es 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 it were noon instead of midnight. Ten minutes' stay, and we were off again into the darkness, and then I prevailed upon the driver to tell me the tale of Trotting Cob. He told it in his own way. He interlarded his speech with strange oaths. He stopped often to swear at the road, to correct the horses, and he was emphatic in his opinions on the foolishness of women, so I must e'en do as he did, and tell the tale of Trotting Cob.

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