[The Squire of Sandal-Side by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr]@TWC D-Link bookThe Squire of Sandal-Side CHAPTER XI 21/58
He would not have been able to think of a man selling away his right to a place like Seat-Sandal; and among all the villains he ever knew, or heard tell of, he couldn't have picked out one to lead him to such a villain as Julius Sandal.
So, you see, he left no special directions for such a case, and I was a bit feared to move in too big a hurry; and, maybe, I was a bit of a coward about setting every tongue in Sandal-Side talking about me and my bygone days. "But, when the squire died, I thought from what Charlotte told me of the Julius Sandals, that there would have to be a change; and when I saw your grandfather sorting the papers for me, and heard that Mistress Alice and Charlotte had been forced to leave their home, I knew that the hour for the change had struck, and that I must be about the business. Moser was written to soon after the funeral of Squire William.
He has now all the necessary witnesses and papers ready.
He is at Ambleside with them, and to-morrow morning they will have a talk with Mr.Julius at Seat-Sandal." "I wonder where Harry Sandal is." "After you, comes Harry.
Your grandfather did not forget him.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|