Thomas Hardys Dorset
Thomas Hardys Dorset
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Tez a lost art is thatch- ing. I am the last of my family to follow the trade, and we can go back three hundred years. " " Then thatch is dying out ? " " Yes, chiefly on the score of it being hard to ' dout ' in case of fire. " " 4 Dout ' is a strange old word. It means extinguish, I take it, " said I.
" To be sure extinguished. Maybe you've heard the story about the Devon gal who went to London as a maid and when she told the mistress she had l douted ' the kitchen fire she was told to say ' e...xtinguished ' in future, and not use such ill- sounding words. ' Ess, mum, ' she said, ' and shall I sting-guish the old cat before I go to bed ? ' " The thatcher laughed in his deep chest.
126 THOMAS HARDY'S DORSET " But thatch suits us Devon folk middlin' well, " he continued. " It's warm in winter and cool in summer, and will stand more buffeting by the wind and rain than all your cheap tiles and slates. " " And thatch is cheap too, perhaps ? " I ventured.
" On the contrary, " he answered. " Lukee, those nitches of reed cost four shillings each, and you want three hundred bundles for a good- sized roof.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Tez a lost art is thatch- ing. I am the last of my family to follow the trade, and we can go back three hundred years. " " Then thatch is dying out ? " " Yes, chiefly on the score of it being hard to ' dout ' in case of fire. " " 4 Dout ' is a strange old word. It means extinguish, I take it, " said I.
" To be sure extinguished. Maybe you've heard the story about the Devon gal who went to London as a maid and when she told the mistress she had l douted ' the kitchen fire she was told to say ' e...xtinguished ' in future, and not use such ill- sounding words. ' Ess, mum, ' she said, ' and shall I sting-guish the old cat before I go to bed ? ' " The thatcher laughed in his deep chest.
126 THOMAS HARDY'S DORSET " But thatch suits us Devon folk middlin' well, " he continued. " It's warm in winter and cool in summer, and will stand more buffeting by the wind and rain than all your cheap tiles and slates. " " And thatch is cheap too, perhaps ? " I ventured.
" On the contrary, " he answered. " Lukee, those nitches of reed cost four shillings each, and you want three hundred bundles for a good- sized roof.
What to read after Thomas Hardys Dorset?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by R Thurston Robert Thurston Hopkins to read onlineMoreLess
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