United States or Tokelau ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
They maun hae been aboot the muir a' that day, that nane but Maggie sud get a haud o' 'im aiven as they maun hae been aboot the field and the flock and the shepherds and the inn-stable a' that gran' nicht!" The same moment entered a neighbour who, having previously heard and misinterpreted the story, had now caught sight of their arrival.
That which Victor Carrington had come to do, he did successfully; and when he returned to his inn, and gave over his horse to the care of the ostler, no one but he, not even the man who was there listening to every word spoken among the servants at the rectory, and eagerly scanning every face there, knew that "Niagara" was in the inn-stable, and "Wild Buffalo" in the stall at Hallgrove.
For legend tells that when the Kings, led by the star, arrived at the inn-stable in Bethlehem it was the goose, alone of all the animals assembled there, who came forward politely to make them her compliments; yet failed to express clearly her good intentions because she had caught a cold, in the chill and windy weather, and her voice was unintelligibly creaky and harsh.
Word Of The Day