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MISTRESS SPITFIRE
By the same Author.
WHERE HIGHWAYS CROSS.
“His study of the first and only love of a middle-aged man who,for forty years, has lived only in his work and his thoughts,has no touch of conventionality, but is a singularly truthfuland vivid rendering of the late, sudden, and almost convulsiveblossoming of a supreme passion.”—Daily Chronicle.
“I very much doubt whether the story of a middle-aged man’sfirst and last love has ever been told with more of truth andtenderness than are found here.”—The New Age.
“A charming idyll. Thoroughly original, and cleverly workedout.”—Guardian.
LONDON: J. M. DENT & Co.
“Good day to you Master Poltroon!” says she
MISTRESS SPITFIRE
A Plain Account of Certain
Episodes in the History of
Richard Coope, Gent., and
of his Cousin, Mistress
Alison French, at the Time
of the Revolution, 1642-1644
REVISED AND EDITED
FROM THE ORIGINAL MS.
BY
J. S. FLETCHER
AUTHOR OF“WHEN CHARLES THE FIRST WAS KING,” ETC.
London
J. M. DENT & CO.
CHICAGO: A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1897
Second Edition
All Rights Reserved
To
MY FRIEND LIZZIE
The Frontispiece to this book is by Mr J. Walter West, and the Maphas been specially drawn by Mr Lewis Kaberry.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Of certain Events which happened at East Hardwick ManorHouse, August 27-28, 16421
Of my Meeting with my Kinsman, Anthony Dacre, at the WaysideInn—of my Further Adventures, my Disinheritance by SirNicholas, and my Doings with the Parliamentarians—and ofmy Employment on an Important Mission by General OliverCromwell...