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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Cherry & Violet, by Anne Manning This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. Title: Cherry & Violet A Tale of the Great Plague Author: Anne Manning Contributor: William Holden Hutton Illustrator: John Jellicoe Herbert Railton Release Date: January 2, 2020 [EBook #61080] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHERRY & VIOLET *** Produced by MWS, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) CHERRY & VIOLET I III CHERRY & VIOLET: A Tale of the Great Plague Illvstrations by John Jellicoe & Herbert Railton Introdvction by The Revd. W·H·Hutton LONDON John C. Nimmo ·MDCCCXCVII· IV Cherry and Violet VI CHERRY & VIOLET A TALE OF THE GREAT PLAGUE BY THE AUTHOR OF “MARY POWELL” AND “THE HOUSEHOLD OF SIR THOS. MORE” WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE REV. W. H. HUTTON, B.D. FELLOW OF S. JOHN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD AND TWENTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN JELLICOE AND HERBERT RAILTON LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS MDCCCXCVII VII Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Ballantyne Press VIII CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. —The Reminiscences of Mistress Cherry.—The Fire, & Double Tide.— Mal-conversation 1 II. —Cherry endeavours to remember if she were pretty.—A Water-party 17 III. —Result of the Water-party 36 IV. —Chelsea Buns 56 V. —A Shadow on the House 77 VI. —Metanoia 95 VII. —Signs in the Air 114 VIII. —The Plague 136 IX. —Foreshadows 149 X. —A Friend in Need 169 XI. —Distinction between would & should 199 XII. —Camping out in Epping Forest 207 XIII. —Ghosts 226 XIV. —Riding a Pillion 243 XV. —The Squire’s Garden 259 XVI. —The Burning City 284 vii viii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS From Drawings by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton. Frontispiece. Drawn by Herbert Railton Frontispiece PAGE Title-Page. Designed by Herbert Railton iii Motto. Designed by Herbert Railton iv Old London Bridge. Drawn by Herbert Railton 1 “My Father’s Shop was on the East Side” Drawn by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton 6 “One and the same Cradle.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 10 “In the Arbour at the Top of Our House.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 20 “The Back-Room in which he slept was a Lean-to stuck against the Main Wall.” Drawn by Herbert Railton 22 “This Comicality drew Crowds of People.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 31 “Gossiping with Hugh Braidfoot.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 42 “The Gay Party set out.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 63 “Looked out on the Bridge.” Drawn by Herbert Railton 66 “I found her on her Knees.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 82 “And so the Good Man went.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 105 “We let our windows.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 116 “And now a shocking Sight was to be seen at the Bridge Gate.” Drawn by Herbert Railton 122 “Houses were shut up.” Drawn by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton 136 ix x xi “Keeping the Gates with much Jealousy.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 140 “I made for Cheapside.” Drawn by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton 158 “A Party of disorderly Young Men.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 166 “There he lay.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 179 “We had Words about it.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 212 “I saw some Women passing through the Trees.” Drawn by John Jellicoe 222 “The Old Garden with the Iron Gate.” Drawn by Herbert Railton 231 “An old Red-Brick House.” Drawn by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton 248 “A Bowling-Green of wonderful fine Turf.” Drawn by Herbert Railton 260 In the Squire’s Garden. Drawn by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton 264 Cherry’s wedding leaving the Church. Drawn by John Jellicoe 279 “St. Paul’s was now in a Blaze.” Drawn by Herbert Railton 294 xii
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