Mistress of the Hunt
“All Philippa had to do was to inquire of her gamekeeper, Sam Cudlipp, who was responsible for stopping earths—those bolt holes down which a fox might run to ground—for any hunt that wished to cross Raynard-Wakefield land. For this signal service, Cudlipp was paid a tidy sum by each of the shire hunts, and since new earths must be stopped the night before a hunt, Sam would surely know when the Wyvern would next be out.
Accordingly, the very next morning before breakfast, Philippa and Pottersby r...ode through the parkland behind the house to the keeper’s cottage, which stood in a narrow hollow of the woodland, overshadowed by a mighty Spanish chestnut tree. The exterior of the cottage was thatched and gabled, with walls three feet thick to keep out the cold of winter and the heat of summer. Such walls, as Philippa had discovered through Wakefield’s conversation, were not solid masonry, but two shells filled up between with rubble and mortar rammed down hard.
The visitors were met in the cottage yard by two barking retrievers, and within moments a buxom, vivacious, middle-aged woman appeared at the door.MoreLess
Accordingly, the very next morning before breakfast, Philippa and Pottersby r...ode through the parkland behind the house to the keeper’s cottage, which stood in a narrow hollow of the woodland, overshadowed by a mighty Spanish chestnut tree. The exterior of the cottage was thatched and gabled, with walls three feet thick to keep out the cold of winter and the heat of summer. Such walls, as Philippa had discovered through Wakefield’s conversation, were not solid masonry, but two shells filled up between with rubble and mortar rammed down hard.
The visitors were met in the cottage yard by two barking retrievers, and within moments a buxom, vivacious, middle-aged woman appeared at the door.MoreLess
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