Cheswardine

Denis Moore had had the seeds since he moved into the village shop in Cheswardine, Shropshire, 31 years ago.

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And Desmond Burke passed on alone, out of the silent town, into the now darkening road that led to his home towards Cheswardine.

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The next morning, at breakfast, Cheswardine demanded --

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A kiss on these occasions is only just, and Cheswardine had one.

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Within five minutes the Cheswardine coachman was driving off in the dogcart to Hanbridge, with the packing-case in the back of the cart, and a note.

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Vera had caused it to be understood that even if Cheswardine was NOT interested in music, even if he did hate music and did call the

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Owing to difficulties with the Cheswardine mare on the frosty, undulating road between Sneyd and Bursley, and owing to delays with his baggage at the Five Towns Hotel, he had just missed the

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Five days before Christmas, Cheswardine came home to his wife from

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The new house was larger and more splendid even than the Cheswardine abode at Bursley.

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And Cheswardine, though capable of pulling the curb very tight on the caprices of his wife, was a highly decent fellow.

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