The Root of All Evil. J. S. Fletcher
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J. S. Fletcher
The Root of All Evil
e-artnow, 2020
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EAN 4064066060343
Table of Contents
Part the First: RISE
CHAPTER I
Applecroft
Half-way along the one straggling street of Savilestowe a narrow lane suddenly opened out between the cottages and turned abruptly towards the uplands which rose on the northern edge of the village. Its first course lay between high grey walls, overhung with ivy and snapdragon. When it emerged from their cool shadowings the church came in view on one hand and the school on the other, each set on its own green knoll and standing high above the meadows. Once past these it became narrower and more tortuous; the banks on either side rose steeply, and were crowned by ancient oaks and elms. In the proper season of the year these banks were thick