furze-stacks

Updated: June 9, 2025

Jan directed him to a line of furze-stacks at the back of the byres, and, turning the corner of these, he came face to face with Eli Tregarthen, who had loaded himself with a couple of faggots for the kitchen fire. "Good morning!" said the Commandant. "Ah? Good morning to you, sir," answered Tregarthen, clearly surprised, but showing no sign of guilt or confusion. "You have heard the news?"

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Major Vigoureux