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The Broad Highway

Chapter 8 WHICH CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A FARMER'S WHISKERS AND A WAISTCOAT

Word Count: 1797    |    Released on: 29/11/2017

ere not to be fulfilled, and for this I was sufficiently grateful. Now as I lay, blinking up to the moon, I presently noticed that we had come to a standstill and I listened expectantly for the jing

rambling farmhouse. Evidently the wain had reached its destination, wherever that might be, and the sleepy wagoner, forgetful of my presence, had tumbled

y drowsy ears could make nothing of. Little by little, however, the sound developed itself into a somewhat mournful melody or refrain, c

n, who muf

when his

f that he w

fin than h

ff by a handsome pair of black whiskers. As I watched him, he laid aside the pitchfork he had b

reaking short off in the

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doin' u

ame the individual, mentioned in your song, for his passionate attachment to muffins. At t

tial to muf

ecially seeing I have not broken

'at be doin'

een aslee

'ave ye got a-sleepin'

r custom holds, let shame say what it

, come on down out o' my hay." As he said this he eyed me with rather a truculent air, likewise he clenched his fist. Thinking it

o thump 'ee on the

at

' so free

hould earnestly endeavor

ly over from head to foot

a common tramper,

swered, brushing the

ey stopped, evidently arrested by my waistcoat, a flowered satin of the very latest cut, for which I had paid forty shillings in the Haymarket, scarcely a week befo

ighty fine w

think so

t be the cost of a weski

a week ago," I answered. The fellow very slowly closed one eye at the

n!" sa

ess, it's t

ortal good agen the cold-not reachin' fur enough, even if it d

!" said I,

weskit, there's no denyin', an' well worth a

ubt of it

staring hard at the handle of the pitchfork

!" s

p button of his left gaiter, "woman is uncommon fond

nmoved, I believe, and nothing can set off a pair of fin

!" nodded

ssing my hand over my smooth lip

thoughtful shake of the head, "l

u have,"

ll me," he ans

that you ought to have a flowe

rue, to be sur

s one is-fifteen

ney, master," said

deal less than

n, an' ten shillin' is my pr

the garment in question, having first felt through the pockets, handed it to him, whereupon he slowly counted the ten shillings into my hand;

un, up to Lunnon," said he, "f

hillings

money! But it's a grand

do you?" said I, pocke

a' cost a sight o' money-a powerful sight!" I picked up my knapsack and, slipping it on, took my staff, and turned t

y shoulder, "I neither eat nor dr

hose forty

cise

nage to mak' it twenty-or even twenty-five, I might mak' some shift to believ

le," said I. "Wheer be goin'?" he inquired,

of the road,

etty fur-that theer r

m going to th

t to

ghost of an ide

you w

," s

thatch

" sa

r a s

" sa

e a p

" sa

e a

" sa

k-Lord love me, wh

iversity

e, ma

rn one out a highly educate

self, master. Here I be wi' a good farm, an' money in

aistcoat that I may eat," said I. Being come to the gate of the

at, ma

e of the outhouses, presently returned with a towel. And, resting the towel upon the pump-head

s the makin's of a man in you as might do summat-say in the plough or smithin' way, but it's easy to see as you're a gentlem

ou believe it was fort

sker, and stared very hard

e at length, "mak' it t

do the best

ek my breakfast at th

Cock,' a mile an' a

the better," said I, "for

ker again, "I might stretch a pint or two an'

d, opening the gate, I started off down the road

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1 Chapter 1 CHIEFLY CONCERNING MY UNCLE'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT2 Chapter 2 I SET OUT3 Chapter 3 CONCERNS ITSELF MAINLY WITH A HAT4 Chapter 4 I MEET WITH A GREAT MISFORTUNE5 Chapter 5 THE BAGMAN6 Chapter 6 WHAT BEFELL ME AT THE WHITE HART 7 Chapter 7 OF THE FURTHER PUZZLING BEHAVIOR OF TOM CRAGG, THE PUGILIST8 Chapter 8 WHICH CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A FARMER'S WHISKERS AND A WAISTCOAT9 Chapter 9 IN WHICH I STUMBLE UPON AN AFFAIR OF HONOR.10 Chapter 10 WHICH RELATES THE END OF AN HONORABLE AFFAIR11 Chapter 11 WHICH RELATES A BRIEF PASSAGE-AT-ARMS AT THE CHEQUERS INN12 Chapter 12 THE ONE-LEGGED SOLDIER13 Chapter 13 IN WHICH I FIND AN ANSWER TO MY RIDDLE14 Chapter 14 FURTHER CONCERNING THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BATTERED HAT15 Chapter 15 IN WHICH I MEET WITH A PEDLER BY THE NAME OF GABBING DICK16 Chapter 16 HOW I HEARD THE STEPS OF ONE WHO DOGGED ME IN THE SHADOWS17 Chapter 17 HOW I TALKED WITH A MADMAN IN A WOOD BY MOONLIGHT18 Chapter 18 THE HEDGE-TAVERN19 Chapter 19 IN WHICH I BECOME A SQUIRE OF DAMES20 Chapter 20 CONCERNING DAEMONS IN GENERAL AND ONE IN PARTICULAR21 Chapter 21 JOURNEYS END IN LOVERS' MEETINGS 22 Chapter 22 IN WHICH I MEET WITH A LITERARY TINKER23 Chapter 23 CONCERNING HAPPINESS, A PLOUGHMAN, AND SILVER BUTTONS24 Chapter 24 WHICH INTRODUCES THE READER TO THE ANCIENT25 Chapter 25 OF BLACK GEORGE, THE SMITH, AND HOW WE THREW THE HAMMER26 Chapter 26 WHEREIN I LEARN MORE CONCERNING THE GHOST OF THE RUINED HUT27 Chapter 27 WHICH TELLS HOW AND IN WHAT MANNER I SAW THE GHOST28 Chapter 28 THE HIGHLAND PIPER29 Chapter 29 HOW BLACK GEORGE AND I SHOOK HANDS30 Chapter 30 IN WHICH I FORSWEAR MYSELF AND AM ACCUSED OF POSSESSING THE EVIL EYE 31 Chapter 31 IN WHICH DONALD BIDS ME FAREWELL32 Chapter 32 IN WHICH THIS FIRST BOOK BEGINS TO DRAW TO A CLOSE33 Chapter 33 IN WHICH WE DRAW YET NEARER TO THE END OF THIS FIRST BOOK34 Chapter 34 OF STORM, AND TEMPEST, AND OF THE COMING OF CHARMIAN35 Chapter 35 THE POSTILION36 Chapter 36 WHICH BEARS AMPLE TESTIMONY TO THE STRENGTH OF THE GENTLEMAN'S FISTS37 Chapter 37 WHICH, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, HAS TO DO WITH BRUISES AND BANDAGES38 Chapter 38 IN WHICH I HEAR ILL NEWS OF GEORGE39 Chapter 39 IN WHICH I LEARN OF AN IMPENDING DANGER40 Chapter 40 WHICH NARRATES A SOMEWHAT REMARKABLE CONVERSATION41 Chapter 41 IN WHICH I SEE A VISION IN THE GLORY OF THE MOON, AND EAT OF A POACHED RABBIT42 Chapter 42 WHICH RELATES SOMEWHAT OF CHARMIAN BROWN43 Chapter 43 I AM SUSPECTED OF THE BLACK ART44 Chapter 44 A SHADOW IN THE HEDGE45 Chapter 45 WHO COMES 46 Chapter 46 A PEDLER IN ARCADIA47 Chapter 47 CONCERNING BLACK GEORGE'S LETTER48 Chapter 48 WHICH, BEING IN PARENTHESIS, MAY BE SKIPPED IF THE READER SO DESIRE49 Chapter 49 CONCERNING, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, THE PRICE OF BEEF, AND THE LADY SOPHIA SEFTON OF CAMBOURNE50 Chapter 50 THE OMEN51 Chapter 51 IN WHICH I HEAR NEWS OF SIR MAURICE VIBART52 Chapter 52 HOW I MET BLACK GEORGE AGAIN, AND WHEREIN THE PATIENT READER SHALL FIND A LITTLE BLOOD 53 Chapter 53 HOW I CAME UP OUT OF THE DARK54 Chapter 54 OF THE OPENING OF THE DOOR, AND HOW CHARMIAN BLEW OUT THE LIGHT55 Chapter 55 IN WHICH THE ANCIENT DISCOURSES ON LOVE56 Chapter 56 HOW GABBING DICK, THE PEDLER, SET A HAMMER GOING IN MY HEAD57 Chapter 57 THE VIRGIL BOOK58 Chapter 58 IN WHICH THE READER SHALL FIND LITTLE TO DO WITH THE STORY, AND MAY, THEREFORE, SKIP59 Chapter 59 OF STORM, AND TEMPEST, AND HOW I MET ONE PRAYING IN THE DAWN60 Chapter 60 THE EPILEPTIC61 Chapter 61 IN WHICH I COME TO A DETERMINATION62 Chapter 62 IN WHICH CHARMIAN ANSWERS MY QUESTION63 Chapter 63 CONCERNING THE FATE OF BLACK GEORGE64 Chapter 64 IN WHICH THE ANCIENT IS SURPRISED65 Chapter 65 HOW WE SET OUT FOR BURNHAM HALL66 Chapter 66 IN WHICH I FALL FROM FOLLY INTO MADNESS67 Chapter 67 IN WHICH I FIND PEACE AND JOY AND AN ABIDING SORROW68 Chapter 68 HOW BLACK GEORGE FOUND PRUDENCE IN THE DAWN69 Chapter 69 WHICH SYMPATHIZES WITH A BRASS JACK, A BRACE OF CUTLASSES, AND DIVERS POTS AND PANS70 Chapter 70 THE PREACHER71 Chapter 71 IN WHICH I MEET MY COUSIN, SIR MAURICE VIBART72 Chapter 72 HOW I WENT DOWN INTO THE SHADOWS73 Chapter 73 HOW, IN PLACE OF DEATH, I FOUND THE FULNESS OF LIFE74 Chapter 74 LIGHT AND SHADOW75 Chapter 75 HOW SIR MAURICE KEPT HIS WORD76 Chapter 76 HOW I SET OUT TO FACE MY DESTINY77 Chapter 77 THE BOW STREET RUNNERS78 Chapter 78 WHICH CONCERNS ITSELF, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, WITH THE BOOTS OF THE SATURNINE JEREMY79 Chapter 79 HOW I CAME TO LONDON80 Chapter 80 IN WHICH THIS HISTORY IS ENDED