The Salamanca Corpus: Yeoman Fleetwood (1900 ... - Gredos

The Salamanca Corpus: Yeoman Fleetwood (1900)
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thought of making hip jam — the hips of roses, you know — but I assure you 'tis
excellent I will teach you how to make hip jam if you will teach me how to make
damson cheese. Do you agree?"
Miss Fleetwood had no opinion of hip jam, having never heard of such a condiment in
Lancashire, but she readily and delightedly agreed to initiate the young lady into the
mysteries of damson cheese making.
"So you see," said Rachel, turning towards Simon, "my inroads are not even confined to
the outer fortifications. To-morrow you will find the enemy in the very heart of the
fortress — for I take it, the kitchen of an Englishman's house must be that.
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CHAPTER VI
It is my lady; O, it is my love:
O, that she knew she were. —Shakespeare.
Next morning Simon set forth for his usual round, determined not to intrude his
company upon the women-kind, great as was the temptation to return before his
accustomed hour and see Miss Charnock at work. He had slept little the preceding
night, and his broken dreams were haunted by the vision of that white-robed figure
which had stood by his hearth and sat at his table. He had forgotten Rachel's very
existence till the moment when he had caught sight of her at his own fireside, and the
effect produced by her great beauty and charm was enhanced by the fact that her whim
made her for the time being a part of his own home circle. She had chosen his mother's
place at the table, she had seated herself in his father's chair —countless tender
memories of the past wove themselves about her vivid young image —she had taken
possession of his heart and mind as completely and suddenly as yesterday she had taken
possession of his house. But it was all folly, he said to himself, as he strode along over