The Waters of Chastisement (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Ponder, S. E. G.) |
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Excerpt from The Waters of Chastisement The village of Strattonfield was drowsy in the scented warmth of a late summer afternoon. Tucked away in the folds of the country not far from Maidstone, its one road meandered past rows of cottages until it turned sharply first right and then left by the entrance to the vicarage, shortly afterwards becoming lost in a maze of country lanes. There being no lord of the manor in or near Strattonfield, what social life there was in the village centred round the gaunt, rambling vicarage, hidden from the road by high elms and smaller gloomier trees, but set in a large, pleasant garden. In the vicarage, tea was finished. The Reverend Aloysius Penn, a tall, lean man whose clothes seemed to hang on him, had gone to the disused stables to feed his numerous rabbits, bred for their pelts. A kindly but colourless man, in whom ambition had long been dead, he murmured to himself as he dealt out handfuls of grass-cuttings, pushing the food into the hutches. He was mildly annoyed because during the recent meal in the dreary morning room, littered with oddments, including a sewing machine, untidy baskets, and many letters and papers dealing with church matters, his wife had laid down the law in regard to the vexed question of the aged Mrs. Rubens. Angela Penn, the daughter of a well known judge should never have married a clergyman. A wisp of a woman with unruly hair, dark eyes sparkling with vitality, she had an energy which was a never failing source of astonishment to her easy-going husband. She felt strongly on the subject of their sharp-tongued, rebellious parishioner. Mrs. Rubens rarely came to church but was always loud-voiced with complaints at the village socials, and she now was asking to be recommended for extra comforts in her old age. The vicar was willing she should have them, but his wife had different views and did not hesitate to try to get her own way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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