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
- Source voice
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- Publicness
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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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