Down an English Lane (53 page)
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Authors: Margaret Thornton
There was another cheer as the black-haired man, dressed in the yellow and black tartan of the Macleod clan, entered the room. He carried with him a small loaf of bread, a canister of salt, and a piece of coal, which he placed on a table at the front of the room.
‘Happy Hogmanay…’ he called, and ‘Happy Hogmanay…’ they all replied.
‘The symbols of life, hospitality and warmth,’ said Andy. ‘It’s a guid auld tradition, and I’m so happy you are here to share it with me. A Happy New Year, darling, and may we have many, many more of them together.’
‘A Happy New Year, Andy,’ she echoed. Then he kissed her again.
‘For Auld Lang Syne, my dear, for Auld Lang Syne,
We’ll tak’ a cup of kindness yet, for the sake of Auld Lang Syne.’
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M
ARGARET
T
HORNTON
was born in Blackpool and has lived there all her life. She was a teacher for many years but retired early in order to concentrate on writing. She has had twenty novels published.
Above the Bright Blue Sky
Down an English Lane
A True Love of Mine
Remember Me
Until We Meet Again
Time Goes By
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First published in Great Britain by Allison & Busby in 2006.
This ebook edition first published in 2014.
Copyright © 2006 by M
ARGARET
T
HORNTON
The moral right of the author is hereby asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All characters and events in this publication other than those clearly in the public domain are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
The Author has tried without success to contact the copyright owners of ‘The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God’ by J Milton Hayes and ‘There’ll Always be an England’ by Ross Parker, Harry Parr Davis and Hugh Charles, and would be pleased to hear from him or her to rectify any errors or omissions at the earliest opportunity.
The song words appearing on p58 are from ‘The Land of Hope and Glory’ by AC Benson and Arthur Elgar. The lines quoted on p159 are taken from Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet XXIV’.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent buyer.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978–0–7490–1767–5