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But she knew that it was not her own poor self that attracted his lingering gaze. It was the thought of the person she was bound to. Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart. Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
"Did he meet any one he knew?" "He met Tim Hardcastle just outside Hallam, that night. Tim said, 'Thou's late starting wheriver to, Ben; and Ben said, 'Nay, I'm early. If a man wants a bit o' good wool he's got to be after it. This morning he came back wi' tax-cart full o' wool." "And my brother?" "He sailed from Whitehaven yesterday." "To what place?" "Ben asked no questions.
"I will just take Godfrey's tax-cart and the roan mare on to Meelish, put them up at the little inn, it is not above a mile from Bodkin's; and I'll go over and settle the thing for you. You must stay quiet till I come back, and not leave the house on any account.
At last they reached Wil'sbro', where, as they came to the entrance of Water Lane, Rosamond, through the hazy gaslight, declared that she saw a tax- cart at the door of the 'Three Pigeons, and Raymond, albeit uncertain whether it were the tax-cart, could only turn down the lane at her bidding, with difficulty preventing King Coal from running his nose into the vehicle.
I think we will take Dobbin, and go over to Windermere in the tax-cart. The roads will be a bit sloppery, but Dobbin isn't too old to splash through them at a rattling pace. He is a famous good old-has-been is Dobbin. Give me a Suffolk Punch for a roadster. I set much by them. Eh? What?" "I must leave Sandal this morning, sir." "Sir me no sir, Harry.
Larkin, with one of his 'young men' with him in the tax-cart, reached Brandon Hall in a marvellously short time after his arrival at home. Jos. Larkin, his clerk, and the despatch-box, had a short wait in the Dutch room, before his admission to the library, where an animated debate was audible. The tremendous contest impending over the county was, of course, the theme.
'I'm Hester Rose, she continued, half addressing Sylvia, who she thought might remember the name, 'and Philip Hepburn has sent me in a tax-cart to t' stile yonder, to fetch both on yo' back to Monkshaven. Sylvia raised her head and looked intently at Hester. Bell clasped her hands tight together and leant forwards. 'It's my master as wants us? said she, in an eager, questioning tone.
"Eat," she said, putting the basket before him; "and Ben will be at the gates with his tax-cart. He will take you to Whitehaven." "Can I trust Ben?" She looked at him sadly. "You must have been much wronged, Antony, to doubt the Cravens." "I have." "God pity and pardon you." He ate in silence, glancing furtively at his sister, who sat white and motionless opposite him.
Now, Hester, will thou go in a tax-cart as will be here in less than ten minutes from t' George, and bring them back here, and they must stay all night for to be ready to see him to-morrow before he goes? It's dree weather for them, but they'll not mind that. He had used words as if he was making a request to Hester; but he did not seem to await her answer, so sure was he that she would go.
Of these last there are also many varieties, from the tandem and tax-cart down to the waggon and dog-truck; and it cannot be denied, that as regards the former more especially, there is a great similarity between the youths themselves and the vehicles they govern; they go very fast, don't know what they are driving at, are propelled in any direction by much more sagacious animals than themselves, and are usually empty inside.
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