Off the Rails (2012)
“She liked the old Talbot Inn and the fine shops in Briggate and was intrigued by the way the ancient Moot Hall stood right in the middle of the road as if it were a sentinel. On her second afternoon she discovered the linen drapers and bought so much of their fine cloth that she could barely carry it all back to the Talbot Inn.
‘New clothes for the children,’ she explained to Nathaniel when he got back from his meeting, ‘and Christmas presents for my Milly. Not long till Christmas now. I wo...nder how long a holiday they’ll give her. After all, it’s not as though she’s a servant.’ As it turned out, she was given the full twelve days and arrived home on Christmas Eve, on the four o’clock stage from Middlesbrough, laden with parcels, and with a handsome young escort to help her carry them. Jane had been waiting for nearly half an hour in the coach yard with the children beside her, all warmly wrapped up in their new coats and their new mufflers with new button boots on their feet and new beaver hats on their heads, and as soon as they saw her they rushed towards her with their arms outstretched to hug and kiss her.MoreLess
‘New clothes for the children,’ she explained to Nathaniel when he got back from his meeting, ‘and Christmas presents for my Milly. Not long till Christmas now. I wo...nder how long a holiday they’ll give her. After all, it’s not as though she’s a servant.’ As it turned out, she was given the full twelve days and arrived home on Christmas Eve, on the four o’clock stage from Middlesbrough, laden with parcels, and with a handsome young escort to help her carry them. Jane had been waiting for nearly half an hour in the coach yard with the children beside her, all warmly wrapped up in their new coats and their new mufflers with new button boots on their feet and new beaver hats on their heads, and as soon as they saw her they rushed towards her with their arms outstretched to hug and kiss her.MoreLess
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