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witch in The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

YEAR
1886
PLACE
Victoria
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witch in The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

, by Zoe." "Hardly!" said Madge, picking it up, with a look of contempt. "I want you to learn English, and not a confusion of tongues like this thing. But it's too hot for lessons, Sal," she went on, leaning back in her seat, "so get a chair and talk to me." Sal complied, and Madge looked out at th…

Record ID
2,810
Year
1,886
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2810
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab; Fergus Hume
Published
1886 public-domain Melbourne fiction; Project Gutenberg transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
witch
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Melbourne, VIC (VIC): B
State or territory
VIC
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Public Domain Public Web

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, by Zoe." "Hardly!" said Madge, picking it up, with a look of contempt. "I want you to learn English, and not a confusion of tongues like this thing. But it's too hot for lessons, Sal," she went on, leaning back in her seat, "so get a chair and talk to me." Sal complied, and Madge looked out at the brilliant flower-beds, and at the black shadow of the tall witch elm which grew on one side of the lawn. She wanted to ask a certain question of Sal, and did not know how to do it. The moodiness and irritability of Brian had troubled her very much of late, and, with the quick instinct of her sex, she ascribed it indirectly to the woman.

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