Mrs Dymond Author:Anne Thackeray Ritchie General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1885 Original Publisher: Smith, Elder Subjects: History / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the Ge... more »neral Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 143 CHAPTER IV. ' A BOAT, A BOAT UNTO THE FERRY.' Oh rchere mill I get a good tailor To take my helm in hand f -- Old Ballad. September is shining upon Crowbeck as upon Piccadilly, glorious September's last golden hours are lingering still; a boat comes peacefully floating on the buoyant waters of Tarndale. A young woman is sculling, her pink dress, her broad back, her bright red curls are familiar to us by this time. She is strong and used to the task, and the boat makes way rapidly. A fat gentleman in knickerbockers and a garb of many colours is steering, while a handsome young man dressed in white with an amber tie and a broad white felt hat is lolling in the bows, languidly running his slim fingers through the water. ' Delightful morning, nothing like a fine September,' says the stout gentleman, heartily, giving a jerk to the rudder as he pulls at his watch with the other hand. 'Take care, Uncle Bolsover, you're running us in,' cries the girl, in her loud, not unmusical voice. ' Take care, Uncle Bol,' says the young man, with adrawl, 'you have been steering quite straight till now, and Tempy too has done very well. I like to float smoothly along with no jerks.' ' Don't talk nonsense, Charlie,' says the girl, looking round at him with her bright blue eyes. ' Remember you have to scull back all the way.' Uncle Bolsover has by this time got out his watch with some effort, for it is very large, and tightly wedged into his belt. ' One o'clock!' says he. ' Time's up. By ...« less