Lady Lightfingers

Authors: Janet Woods

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“‘The railway has taken away some of our regular traffic,’ Busby said. ‘Still, it’s not too big a place to manage, and the sale of charcoal will keep us going.’ The sky was so low it nearly touched the earth. It snowed heavily, not the sooty slush that had fallen on London now and again, but a thick coating of white that rolled over the countryside like a blanket, piled up on the hedges and merged into the horizon. There, the sky met the land without trace of a seam. Icicles hung from the thatch..., and from the apple and pear trees in the yard, and their breath, and that of the animals, steamed the air where they walked.
Celia could only imagine what would have happened to them if they hadn’t been persuaded to stay.
The silence pressed against their ears until Tinker went leaping through the snow, disappearing under with each landing, only to leap out again and disappear under again. The animal’s antics made Lottie laugh. But the little dog had attached itself to Johnny, and slept on his bed.MoreLess Read More Read Less