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x58 STORIES TOLD BY THE MILLER
very tiresome, and you will be able to make
them hear reason. I will see that you are
properly clothed and educated.”
But Maggie refused, and explained that she
was going to seek Alfonso.
“Tut, tut, tut 1” said the Bishop. “If the
cock is as valuable as you say, he will be well
cared for. You will have a good education at
my palace, and be clean and tidy.”
“ But I don’t want to be clean and tidy, and
I shouldn’t like to live in a palace,” cried
Maggie.
All the servants tittered.
11 Nonsense!" said the Bishop. “Everyone
wants to be clean and tidy, and everyone would
like to live in a palace.”
“ But I can’t!” exclaimed Maggie—“ indeed
I can’t!”
“There is no such word as ‘can’t’ in the
English language,” said the Bishop.
“ Come ! come !” said Maggie to the Cochin-
Chinaman, “we must get away as quick as we
can!”
The Bishop could not understand what she
said, but he saw she was preparing to run.
“ I fear you are one of the many people who
very tiresome, and you will be able to make
them hear reason. I will see that you are
properly clothed and educated.”
But Maggie refused, and explained that she
was going to seek Alfonso.
“Tut, tut, tut 1” said the Bishop. “If the
cock is as valuable as you say, he will be well
cared for. You will have a good education at
my palace, and be clean and tidy.”
“ But I don’t want to be clean and tidy, and
I shouldn’t like to live in a palace,” cried
Maggie.
All the servants tittered.
11 Nonsense!" said the Bishop. “Everyone
wants to be clean and tidy, and everyone would
like to live in a palace.”
“ But I can’t!” exclaimed Maggie—“ indeed
I can’t!”
“There is no such word as ‘can’t’ in the
English language,” said the Bishop.
“ Come ! come !” said Maggie to the Cochin-
Chinaman, “we must get away as quick as we
can!”
The Bishop could not understand what she
said, but he saw she was preparing to run.
“ I fear you are one of the many people who
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Stories told by the miller > (184) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129137233 |
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| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
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| Shelfmark | U.38.g |
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| Description | Violet Jacob (1863-1946) was born into an aristocratic family who had lived at the House of Dun near Montrose since the 15th century. Her classic novel of the 1745 Jacobite rising, 'Flemington” (1911), was highly regarded by John Buchan and is still in print. Jacob had a deep appreciation of the Angus dialect and countryside, and this is evident in her celebrated Scots language poetry in volumes such as 'Song of Angus' (1915). |
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| Description | A selection of classic out-of-copyright Scottish poetry, prose and children’s stories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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