brigden's

Updated: May 14, 2025

"There's Brigden's farm over yonder where you see the smoke a-coming up through the trees," said the man, more and more grumpy, as Phyllis noticed. "Well, good-bye, then," said Peter. But the man said, "Wait a minute." He put his hand in his pocket and brought out some money a lot of pennies and one or two shillings and sixpences and half-a-crown. He picked out two shillings and held them out.

E. (Edith) Nesbit - The Railway Children