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"I was thinking much the same myself." "Reggie," said Bill, "I happen to know there's a milk-train leaving Midford at three-fifteen. It isn't what you'd call a flier. It gets to London at about half-past nine. Well er in the circumstances, how about it?"
There is a pretty view to be obtained from the platform, which overhangs a deep valley. Some of the S. surroundings of Bath may be conveniently explored from here by good walkers. Midford Castle, a modern antique, built in the shape of a triangle, stands just above the railway. Midsomer Norton, a thriving and populous village 14 m.
Further, the colonel entered into a bond of L200 to one Mrs Barbara Midford, "sister or pretended sister of the said Robert"; and so finally was threatened with outlawry by 'Captain' Midford for, presumably, payment of these debts.
The paper was in the pocket of my overcoat in the hall. I went and fetched it. "Here it is," I said. "A Romney belonging to Sir Bellamy Palmer " They all shouted "What!" exactly at the same time, like a chorus. Elizabeth grabbed the paper. "Let me look! Yes. 'Late last night burglars entered the residence of Sir Bellamy Palmer, Dryden Park, Midford, Hants " "Why, that's near here," I said.
"I passed through Midford " "Dryden Park is only two miles from this house," said Elizabeth. I noticed her eyes were sparkling. "Only two miles!" she said. "It might have been us! It might have been the 'Venus'!" Old Mr. Yeardsley bounded in his chair. "The 'Venus'!" he cried. They all seemed wonderfully excited. My little contribution to the evening's chat had made quite a hit.
At Princes he found his company sought by the reputed Captain Robert Midford, who "prevailed upon him to play a game called 'Faro' for a small matter of diversion, but by degrees drew him on to play for larger sums, and by secret and fraudulent means obtained very large sums, in particular notes and bonds for L500."
The nature of these pursuits appears from a Bill of Complaint, which by a happy chance has been preserved, between "Edmund Fielding of East Stour, Dorsetshire," and one Robert Midford, pretending to be a captain of the army. In this Bill the said Edmund declares that in 1716, being then resident in London, he often frequented Princes Coffee-house in the Parish of St James.
It may be only a coincidence, but L700 is the sum specifically mentioned in the proceedings brought by Colonel Fielding in October 1722, five months after the loss of his Chancery suit, against the cardsharper, Robert Midford, who was then apparently threatening him with outlawry for the recovery of the gambling debt begun, as we have seen, at Princes' Coffee-house six years before.
The church, in the main Perp., has been restored, but retains its massive tower, which is singularly plain, with a pinnacled turret in the middle of the S. face. The S. entry has some intricate carving above it, and there are some quaint figures on a stone inserted over the vestry door. The chancel is Dec. Midford, a station on the S. & D. line to Bath.
Chancery Proceedings, 1722. Fielding v. Midford. Record Office. Edmund's name was added in October following. Record Office. Introduction. Introduction. See infra, chap. xi. Fifty years ago a portrait of the beautiful heiress, in the character of Sophia Western, was still preserved at the house of Bellairs, near Exeter, then the property of the Rhodes family.
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