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  • "I won't be called Pegtop, and as to talking, I have far too much work to do.

    The Secret Passage Fergus Hume 1895

  • But one word more she did not utter, and the jealous eye of old Pegtop was so constantly upon us that I refrained.

    Uncle Silas 2003

  • “Hallo, Pegtop! what are you after now?” she cried, as she drew near.

    Uncle Silas 2003

  • I hesitated to go near her, these Hawkeses, Beauty and Pegtop, were such savages.

    Uncle Silas 2003

  • Hawkes — Pegtop, as poor Milly used to call him — with an axe in his hand, prowling luridly among the timber.

    Uncle Silas 2003

  • I was forced to stand in this recess, then, which afforded no shelter, while Pegtop stumped by with his lantern in his hand.

    Uncle Silas 2003

  • I was forced to stand in this recess, then, which afforded no shelter, while Pegtop stumped by with his lantern in his hand.

    Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • But one word more she did not utter, and the jealous eye of old Pegtop was so constantly upon us that I refrained.

    Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • 'Your daughter is very ill, I'm afraid,' said I. 'Ay -- she'll be costin' me a handful, like her mother did, 'said Pegtop.

    Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • Hawkes -- Pegtop, as poor Milly used to call him -- with an axe in his hand, prowling luridly among the timber.

    Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

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