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Updated: June 13, 2025
Attempts of Argyle and Monmouth Account of their followers Argyle's expedition discovered His descent in Argyleshire Dissensions among his followers Loss of his shipping His army dispersed, and himself taken prisoner His behaviour in prison His execution The fate of his followers Rumbold's last declaration examined Monmouth's invasion of England His first success and reception His delays, disappointment, and despondency Battle of Sedgmoor He is discovered and taken His letter to the king His interview with James His preparations for death Circumstances attending his execution His character.
She flung up the window and screamed out: "Two people on the roof up there! Two people on the roof!" Her eyes had not deceived her. Two figures which had emerged from the upper staircase window of Mr. Rumbold's and had got after a perilous paddle in his cistern, on to the fire station, were now slowly but resolutely clambering up the outhouse roof towards the back of the main premises of Messrs.
Rumbold's house was disgorging black smoke from the gratings that protected its underground windows, and smoke and occasional shivers of flame were also coming out of its first-floor windows. The fire station was better alight at the back than in front, and its woodwork burnt pretty briskly with peculiar greenish flickerings, and a pungent flavour.
And his little girl too the villagers were indignant at the way in which Cynthia was brought up. She was seldom seen in the village school, never at church or in Mrs. Rumbold's Sunday-classes. She was rough, wild, ignorant.
Rumbold's management Cynthia with hair cut short, hands and face scrupulously clean, a neat but ugly print frock, and a coarse holland pinafore a perfectly subdued and uninteresting Cynthia uninteresting save for the melancholy beauty of her great dark wistful eyes. "What she likes has nothing to do with it," said Mrs. Rumbold, rather sharply.
Polly suspiciously for some time, growled nervously and went round the corner into Granville Alley. Mr. Polly continued to beat and kick at Rumbold's door. Then the public houses began to vomit forth the less desirable elements of Fishbourne society, boys and men were moved to run and shout, and more windows went up as the stir increased.
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