{"id":14174,"date":"2021-04-07T17:26:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T21:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=14174"},"modified":"2022-10-30T19:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T23:47:24","slug":"the-toll-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14174","title":{"rendered":"The Toll-Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toll-Gate<\/a><\/em> (1954) Georgette Heyer<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Set in England in 1817.<\/p>\n

Captain John Staple is bit bored, back from the war, and his mother and sister are pushing him to get married and settle down. <\/p>\n

(E)veryone seemed to feel that it was time John settled down to a life of civilian respectability. He felt it himself, and tried to be content, but every now and then a fit of restlessness would seize him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So when he comes upon a strange situation while riding to visit his friend, he decides to stay at the toll-gate until he discovers what is going on.<\/p>\n

The mystery was interesting, the romance was cute, but my favorite part of this book as the language.<\/p>\n

I daresay I\u2019d get a double finnup for it, too,\u2019 he added, sighing over his own prodigality. \u2018It\u2019s worth more, but when it comes to tipping over the dibs there ain\u2019t a lock as isn\u2019t a hog-grubber. Now, look \u2019ee here, Mr Nib-Cove \u2013\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m bound to say it sounds to me like a Banbury story, but you ain\u2019t no halfling, nor you don\u2019t look like one o\u2019 them young bloods kicking up a lark, and I don\u2019t misdoubt you. I don\u2019t twig what any boman prig should be doing in a backward place like this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So help me bob, I don\u2019t know why I don\u2019t haul my wind before that dimber mort of mine\u2019s turned me into a regular nose!\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018That\u2019s the dandy!\u2019 said Chirk encouragingly. \u2018In a brace o\u2019 snaps you\u2019ll be in prime twig, covey!\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a fun story.<\/p>\n

Publisher : Sourcebooks Casablanca
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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