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The Headswoman
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THE
HEADSWOMAN
By Kenneth Grahame
With Illustrations in Colour
and Woodcuts by
Marcia Lane Foster
LONDON
John Lane The Bodley Head Limited
New York John Lane Company
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First Published 1898
Illustrated Edition 1921
Printed In Great Britain by R. Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk.
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List of Illustrations
“Now That we have been properly introducedallow me to apologise” | Frontispiece | |
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“You see I am Familiar with the Routine....Good-morning, Gentlemen!” | 8 | |
“Au revoir, Sir! If you should happen to be inthe Market-place any Morning” | 28 | |
Endeavouring to convey the Tardy Prisoner to theScaffold | 32 | |
“Nay, pardon me, Sweet One, ’twas but a Jestof Mine” | 36 | |
But at this point a Hubbub arose at the Foot ofthe Scaffold | 42 | |
“Now, mark my Words, you Miserable LittleBladder-o’-Lard, see if I don’t take this outof your Skin presently” | 44 | |
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