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Barfield went over to an old-fashioned escritoire, and, pulling out some small drawers, took from one some paper packages which she unfolded. "Now, my girl, look here. I'm going to give you four pounds; then you will have twelve, and that ought to see you through your trouble. You have been a good servant, Esther; I like you very much, and am truly sorry to part with you.
The Loddon Acc'ts cover the period 1554-1847, some of the donations, or endowments, being made in the 16th and some in the 17th centuries. Robt. These acc'ts run from 1425-1590. For a list of parish properties in 1565, see pp. 460-1. Their yearly rent then amounted to £9 14s. 2d. Sam'l Barfield, Thatcham, Berks, and its Manors , i. 121.
And the scowl upon Mrs. Latch's long face did not kill the pleasure which the little interview with that kind, sweet woman, Mrs. Barfield, had created in her. She moved about her work, happy at heart, singing to herself as she washed the vegetables. Even Mrs. Latch's harshness didn't trouble her much.
She was still very poor, had not sufficient clothes, and her life was full of little troubles; but there were compensations. It was to her that Mrs. Barfield always came when she wanted anything in a hurry, and Miss Mary, too, seemed to prefer to apply to Esther when she wanted milk for her cats or bran and oats for her rabbits.
'He wrote kindly about ye, but he said you'd parted. Why did you leave him, Paul? Paul was penitent and feeble of body, and his father was his dearest. Bit by bit he told his story, or as much of it as he could be told. 'Man, said Armstrong, 'ye're beginning airly. The Dreamer dreamed, and the dream showed the old ramshackle, bankrupt printing-office at Castle Barfield again.
Ourn 'ud niver ha' bent himself to put up wi' it, that he niver would, and Lord Barfield knows it; for though he was no better nor a market-gardener, he was one o' them as knowed what was becomin' between man and man, be he niver so lowly, and his lordship the lord o' the manor for miles around." "Tut, tut, my good woman," returned his lordship. "Pooh, pooh! Do for firewood.
* As farm-yards are becoming rare, it may benefit future readers to know that this proverb is almost certainly, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." Organization of "Marion's Brigade" Surprise of Tories under Gainey Defeat of Barfield Capture of British Guard with Prisoners at Nelson's Ferry.
"Why, theer he is!" said the rustic, and turning, Snac beheld Joseph Beaker at that moment shambling round the corner of the graveyard wall, followed closely by the youth of the village. The Earl of Barfield had kept his promise, and had bestowed upon Joseph a laced waistcoat a waistcoat which had not been worn since the first decade of the century, and was old-fashioned even then.
Barfield begged him to get on with his digging. At twelve o'clock Esther and Mrs. Barfield walked out on the lawn. A loud wind came up from the sea, and it shook the evergreens as if it were angry with them. A rook carried a stick to the tops of the tall trees, and the women drew their cloaks about them.
Barfield looked at the girl quickly, hesitated a moment, and then said "And all this time how long is it?" "Nearly seven months, ma'am." "And all this time you were deceiving us." "I was three months gone before I knew it myself, ma'am." "Three months!
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