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The Mystery of St Martin's - Beatrix Hughes
1929 UK hardcover 1st edition, 1st impression, Heath Cranton, London A near fine book sadly sans dust jacket No names or stamps etc, light scattered spotting to edges Tightly bound and square, clean contents and cloth A bright and solid copy of a rare book For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide ! |
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ON a certain evening in June Mrs. Mordent was trundling a push chair along the Banbury Road near Yarnton, thus combining a duty, she owed to herself by taking much needed exercise, with her duty to her offspring. But preoccupied with many cares, mostly financial, she paid little attention to her baby daughter's prattlings. Upon each side of her, high, green hedges masked fields of sweet smelling clover, that vied in fragrance with the scent of wild roses and honeysuckle. The murmur of voices just before she arrived at a break in the hedge, prepared her for the presence of the inevitable young couple, who usually adorned the field gates of the Banbury Road at that season of the year. A somewhat strident voice, an inane giggle and a glimpse of a mop of flaming, red hair above the head of the fair-haired youth, whose back was turned towards Mrs, Mordent, assured her, that the young woman, sitting on the five-barred gate, was none |
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