Old Fires and Profitable GhostsC. Scribner's sons, 1900 - 384 pagina's |
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Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts: A Book of Stories Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch Volledige weergave - 1900 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 84 - But I was not to be put off. The back of the house stood but ten feet from a wall which was really but a stone face built against the cliff cut away by the architect. Above the cliff rose the kitchen garden, and from its lower path we looked over the wall's parapet upon the cisterns. There were two — a very large one, supplying the kitchen and the bathroom above the kitchen ; and a small one, obviously fed by the other, and as obviously leading, by a pipe which I could trace, to the pantry. Now...
Pagina 95 - Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have compassion, making a difference : 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire ; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Pagina 34 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.
Pagina 84 - But I want the pantry water for my flowers.' I bent over and groped. ' I thought as much!' said I, as I wrenched out a thick plug of cork and immediately the water began to flow. I turned triumphantly on Mrs. Carkeek, who had grown suddenly red in the face. Her eyes were fixed on the cork in my hand. To keep it more firmly wedged in its place somebody had wrapped it round with a rag of calico print; and, discoloured though the rag was, I seemed to recall the pattern (a lilac sprig). Then, as our...
Pagina 289 - Old faces glimmer'd thro' the doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices called her from without. She only said, "My life is dreary, He cometh not," she said; She said, "I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Pagina 368 - They passed the small headland and still the boat held on its way. " I had no idea you were going to take me this distance. Didn't you promise me the house lay just beyond the point we've just passed? " To his amazement the girl drew herself up, looked him straight in the face and said —
Pagina 91 - You didn't never know her, miss. The brave she was! She'd have stood up to lions. She've been here all the while: and only to think what her innocent eyes and ears must have took in! There was another couple ' Mrs. Carkeek sunk her voice. " ' Oh, hush ! ' said I, ' if I'm to have any peace of mind in this house ! ' "
Pagina 78 - But Mary Carkeek lives up there alone, and she seems comfortable enough.' "We walked on. By-and-by he pointed with his stick. ' It don't look like a place for ghosts, now, do it ?' " Certainly it did not. Above an untrimmed orchard rose a terrace of turf scattered with thornbushes, and above this a terrace of stone, upon which stood the prettiest cottage I had ever seen. It was long and low and thatched; a deep verandah ran from end to end. Clematis, Banksia roses and honeysuckle climbed the posts...
Pagina 81 - I am a light sleeper, as you know, with an uncomfortable knack of waking with the sun and roaming early. No matter how early I rose at Tresillack, Mrs. Carkeek seemed to have prevented me. Finally, I had to conclude that she arose and dusted and tidied as soon as she judged me safely a-bed. For once, finding the drawing-room (where I had been sitting late) "redded up...