The Cunning Woman's Grandson Author:Charlotte Mary Yonge Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. STIRRING THE WATERS. |]T was on a fine September morning just before the end of harvest, that Kitty Cole was coming towards her home with a sh... more »eaf of corn, gleaned in the fields, on her head, and her little sister by her side, with a sacking apron full of ears broken off from their stalks. They were coming in to set down their loads, and get a bit of breakfast, for their mother was busy at the farm, helping to prepare what was sent out to the labourers in the fields, and their father was with the waggon. They laid down their corn on the heap in the corner of the room, and Kitty cut off two hunches of bread. They each took a drink of water, and picked up a few apples from under the crabbed old tree in thecorner of the garden, and were setting out again, when they observed a tall yellow open carriage, stopping at the Grange door, and two ladies getting out. "Oh! stay a bit, Kit," cried Bessy; "maybe they will give us a half-penny or two and then we can get something good." " There's no one about," said Kitty, looking up and down, for everyone was out in the harvest fields ; " perhaps they want a guide to the cliffs." "Granny Lake is sure to be looking out," muttered Bessy; " nasty grabbing old hag" (perhaps Bessy said more than this, for there had been no teaching against using bad words); " but we'll be beforehand with her," the child added with a dance and laugh of glee. Kitty, too, thought it a lucky opportunity, and as they drew nearer, she was surprised to see that the ladies were two of those she had seen at Wrington. They had very large straw bonnets, tied one with blue, the other with green, black mode cloaks, and very pretty chintz dresses. They were past the age of being young girls, but were still slight, fresh and pleasant faced, and the ...« less