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There were few thoughtful men during that phase of blazing waste who did not pass through such moods of despair as Barnet describes, and declare with him: 'This is the end.... And all the while Leblanc was going to and fro with glittering glasses and an inexhaustible persuasiveness, urging the manifest reasonableness of his view upon ears that ceased presently to be inattentive.
'All that, said Barnet, accepting for the first time facts that had lain evident in his mind for weeks; 'all that must be over, too. There was a pause. Then the voice beside him broke out. 'But, Monsieur, it is impossible! It leaves nothing. 'No. Not very much. 'One cannot suddenly begin to grow potatoes! 'It would be good if Monsieur could bring himself 'To the life of a peasant!
As soon as the officiating minister began to read the collect for the King, Barnet, among whose many good qualities selfcommand and a fine sense of the becoming cannot be reckoned, rose from his knees, sate down in his stall, and uttered some contemptuous noises which disturbed the devotions of the congregation.
This, owing to their quantity, it was not so easy to do as he had expected, and he sat long into the night to complete the task. The next morning Barnet departed for London, leaving a note for Downe to inform him of Mrs.
Spencer gave up in despair, and let the monster air-ship drift with the wind over the northern suburbs of the city until a favourable landing-place near Barnet was reached, where he descended. The Spencer air-ships are of the non-rigid type. Spencer air-ship A comprises a gas vessel for hydrogen 88 feet long and 24 feet in diameter, with a capacity of 26,000 cubic feet.
'I have something to show you, Downe resumed, producing from a drawer a sheet of paper on which was an elaborate design for a canopied tomb. 'This has been sent me by the architect, but it is not exactly what I want. 'You have got Jones to do it, I see, the man who is carrying out my house, said Barnet, as he glanced at the signature to the drawing. 'Yes, but it is not quite what I want.
When his glance again fell on the lamps that were sparsely ranged along the dreary level road, his eyes were in a state which showed straw- like motes of light radiating from each flame into the surrounding air. On the other side of the way Barnet observed a man under an umbrella, walking parallel with himself. Presently this man left the footway, and gradually converged on Barnet's course.
The great Abbey church, nearly four miles off, was entirely swept away during the Demolition. It was here that the wife of the King Maker took refuge after the death of her husband at the battle of Barnet.
There were many pines, however, and they gave us a little shelter. At dusk, Littlefield lighted a fire, and began to cook his fowls. The supper was soon ready, and we eat it with a good relish. We then went to sleep, leaving Barnet on the look-out. I had just got into a good sleep, when I was awoke by the tramp of horses, and the shouting of men.
As the Lancastrians were in the majority in Wiltshire and Somerset, there was no longer any fear of arrest by partisans of York, and after resting for a day Sir Thomas Tresham rode quietly on to Exeter, where the queen had already arrived. The battle of Barnet had not, in reality, greatly weakened the Lancastrian cause.
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