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apparition in Australia Felix

vegetable-garden, where the drab and tangled growths that had outlived the summer were beaten flat by the recent rains. At the foot of the garden, behind a clump of gooseberry-bushes, stood an arbour formed of a yellow buddleia. No trace of a petticoat was visible, so thick was the leafage; but a l…

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3,034
Year
1,917
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
3034
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
Australia Felix; Henry Handel Richardson
Published
1917 public-domain Australian fiction; Project Gutenberg transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
apparition
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Victoria (VIC): B
State or territory
VIC
Source voice
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Publicness
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vegetable-garden, where the drab and tangled growths that had outlived the summer were beaten flat by the recent rains. At the foot of the garden, behind a clump of gooseberry-bushes, stood an arbour formed of a yellow buddleia. No trace of a petticoat was visible, so thick was the leafage; but a loud whispering and tittering betrayed the fugitives. At the apparition of the young men, who stooped to the low entrance, there was a cascade of shrieks. "Oh, lor, 'OW you frightened me! 'Owever did you know we were 'ere?" "You wicked fellow! Get away, will you! I 'ate the very sight of you!"--this from Tilly, as Purdy, his hands on her.

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