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The Story of Bessie Costrell
Mrs. Humphry Ward
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'Look 'ere, Bessie,' he said suddenly; 'what 'ud you say if I wor to ask
Isaac an you to take care on it?'
Bessie started slightly. Then she looked frankly round at him. She had very keen, lively eyes, and a bright red-brown colour on thin cheeks. The village applied to her the epithet which John's thoughts had applied to Muster Hill's widow. They said she was 'caselty,' which means flighty, haphazard, excitable; but she was popular, nevertheless, and had many friends.
It was, of course, her own settled opinion that her uncle ought to leave that box with her and Isaac; and it had wounded her vanity, and her affection besides, that John had never yet made any such proposal, though she knew—as, indeed, the village knew—that he was perplexed as to what to do with his hoard. But she had never dared to suggest that he should leave. . . Read More
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A quick Kindle read, specifically because it uses my own village as the inspiration for its setting (Mary Ward's grave is in the churchyard.) I enjoyed it's recreation of an enclosed rural community, with an accent you certainly don't hear anymore. It's a moral tale, but not at all heavy in the tell