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The Girl at Cobhurst

CHAPTER XXVII
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This ain't the kind of farm your lords and ladies has got.

It's ramshackle, you know." "Ramshackle ?" repeated La Fleur.

"Is that a sort of sheep farm ?" Mike grinned.

"Law, no, we ain't got no sheep, and I'm glad of it.
Ramshackle farmin' means takin' things as you find 'em, an' makin' 'em do, an' what you git you've got, but with tother kind of farmin' most times what you git, ye have to pay out, an' then you ain't got nuthin'." This was more than La Fleur could comprehend, but she inferred in a general way that Mr.Haverley's farm was a profitable one.
"All so pretty, so pretty," she said, looking from side to side; "such a grand barn, and such broad acres.

Is it the estate as far as I can see ?" "Yes, mum," said Mike, "an' a good deal furder.


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