Linnets and Valerians

by Elizabeth Goudge

Haha

Haha smile

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‘Well, he’s a cat now,’ said Nan,

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Simile

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‘Look!’ said Robert. ‘It’s a different sign. Not the horrid bulldog.

Uncanny

‘That’s a very old postcard,’

Uncle Ambrose being Vicar.’

My door was open and I heard the vicar give the message.

a-setting in his doorway opposite the Vicarage dining-room window

High B...

There is a Higher Compton Barton in Devon. A farm or barn conversion. http://highercomptonbarton.com

Lion ...

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peppermint lumps

lemon sweets

satin pr...

liquorice al...

a packet of s...

‘Frederick,’

pralines.

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‘The food’s good here,’ said Robert. ‘Everything’s good here,’ said Nan.

‘Uncle Ambrose would never dress like all the other vicars,’ said Nan with a touch of pride. ‘Uncle Ambrose would always be different.’

‘Very clever men can be both,’ said Nan. ‘Uncle Ambrose is both.

Gertrude

no scrimping of butter on the muffins and the strawberries in the jam large and juicy.

Lady Alicia,

‘Since you’ve come to stop,’ said Ezra when they had finished, ‘we must tell the bees.’

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Good night all your subjects,

‘There’s always been bees at the Vicarage an’ from a boy I’ve loved ’em, an’ so they saved my life.

the Vicarage bees.

They took me leg off, but they saved me life, an’ when I come back to the village again the Vicar took me to be ’is man,

you must mind your manners with ’em. They like a bit o’ courtesy.’

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you can ask ’Ector an’ Andromache about Frederick. They’ll tell ee.’

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Hector

An old and honoured name and a charming bird.

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Mount Hymettus,

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Lio...

Linden...

Uncle Ambrose’s terrible bright glance seemed to reach right down into his head like a hook. It groped about there and came up with something.

Simile! Effective!

Uncle Ambrose’s brilliant hooking glance

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They never gave each other away.

Haha of course

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any form of unkindness,

Haha wonderful!