The Pigeon Pie
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By Charlotte Mary Yonge 19 Dec, 2019
Early in the September of the year 1651 the afternoon sun was shining pleasantly into the dining-hall of Forest Lea House.  The sunshine came through a large bay-window, glazed in diamonds, and with long branches of a vine trailing across it, but i ... Read more
Early in the September of the year 1651 the afternoon sun was shining pleasantly into the dining-hall of Forest Lea House.  The sunshine came through a large bay-window, glazed in diamonds, and with long branches of a vine trailing across it, but in parts the glass had been broken and had never been mended.  The walls were wainscoted with dark oak, as well as the floor, which shone bright with rubbing, and stag’s antlers projected from them, on which hung a sword in its sheath, one or two odd gauntlets, an old-fashioned helmet, a gun, some bows and arrows, and two of the broad shady hats then in use, one with a drooping black feather, the other plainer and a good deal the worse for wear, both of a small size, as if belonging to a young boy. An oaken screen crossed the hall, close to the front door, and there was a large open fireplace, a settle on each side under the great yawning chimney, where however at present no fire was burning.  Before it was a long dining-table covered towards the upper end with a delicately white cloth, on which stood, however, a few trenchers, plain drinking-horns, and a large old-fashioned black-jack, that is to say, a pitcher formed of leather.  An armchair was at the head of the table, and heavy oaken benches along the side. Less
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Charlotte Mary Yonge was an English novelist who wrote to the service of the church. Her books helped to spread the influence of the Oxford Movement. Her abundant work is mostly out of print. Charlott...
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