quaintly-clad

Updated: July 25, 2026

And the cry of ecstasy that broke from the twins would have gone to the heart of any one that loved them. "Oh Toby, Toby! bruvver sister it is, it is our own Toby. He has come to take us home. Oh dear, dear Toby!" It did go to the heart of some one not far off. A quaintly-clad, somewhat aged, woman was slowly climbing the stile at the moment that the words rang clearly out into the summer air.

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