"Good night, Sir John," said the parson. The pedestrian, after another pace or two, halted, and turned round. "Now, sir, begging your pardon; we met last market-day on this road about this time, and I said 'Good night, ' and you made reply 'Good night, Sir John, ' as now." "I did," said the parson. "And once before that-near a month ago." "I may have." "Then what might your meaning be in calling me 'Sir John' these different times, when I be plain Jack Durbeyfield, the haggler?" The parson rode a step or two nearer. "It was only my whim," he said; and, after a moment's hesitation: "It was on account of a discovery I made some little time ago, whilst I was hunting up pedigrees for the new county history. I am Parson Tringham, the antiquary, of Stagfoot Lane.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	March 26, 2017
ISBN13	9781544052885
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	412
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 21 mm · 548 g
Language	English

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