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From all the surrounding villages and hamlets, from tumble-down cottages hidden a mile or more down leafy cart tracks, the young men found their way to the market square. They came on foot, on bicycles, on horseback and in carts, farm
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“The memories were there, but the string of time that linked them like a pearl necklace was broken.”
― Gallows View
― Gallows View
“Books are people,'' smiled Miss Marks. ''In every book worth reading, the author is there to meet you, to establish contact with you. He takes you into his confidence and reveals his thoughts to you.”
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“The best way to plant happiness is to do at least one thing every day to make one person happier, and to do it for God. That shouldn't be difficult. we can all do that.”
― The Four Graces
― The Four Graces
“A man is little use when his wife’s a widow. Scottish proverb”
― Inspector Morse: The First Three Novels
― Inspector Morse: The First Three Novels
“It was just the old house creaking in the wind, and talking to itself about all it had seen, and the big cheerful families which it had sheltered and sent forth into the world.”
― Miss Buncle's Book
― Miss Buncle's Book
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