Sabine Baring-Gould

“ At the refreshment stall of the junction to the new line, some time after what has been related, might be seen a young woman in black with wonderfully light hair, so light as to be nearly if not quite silver, a young woman with a beautifully delicate, pure complexion ”

“ I’m well off; and we’ll have a splendid wedding and a carriage and pair.’
She shook her head.
‘My first carriage and pair is not yet paid for.’
‘Indeed—I know it is.’
‘Yes, the host of the “Blue Boar” is satisfied. But I still owe it to Dick.’
No, she would not have Sam Underwood. No, nor Joseph Ruddle, when he asked. No, nor Ben Polson, when he came for the same purpose. And when Mr Parkinson hung about the bar and asked for a glass of bitter, or a nip of cherry brandy, and looked tender things, did she encourage him to make any further advance? No, not by a sign. ”