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The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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  1. 01Front matter~2 min
  2. 02Prologue—John Amend-All — part 1~25 min
  3. 03Prologue—John Amend-All — part 2~8 min
  4. 04CHAPTER I--AT THE SIGN OF THE SUN IN KETTLEY~18 min
  5. 05CHAPTER II--IN THE FEN~12 min
  6. 06CHAPTER III--THE FEN FERRY~15 min
  7. 07CHAPTER IV--A GREENWOOD COMPANY~16 min
  8. 08CHAPTER V--"BLOODY AS THE HUNTER"~18 min
  9. 09CHAPTER VI--TO THE DAY'S END~15 min
  10. 10CHAPTER VII--THE HOODED FACE~18 min
  11. 11CHAPTER I--DICK ASKS QUESTIONS~18 min
  12. 12CHAPTER II--THE TWO OATHS~16 min
  13. 13CHAPTER III--THE ROOM OVER THE CHAPEL~14 min
  14. 14CHAPTER IV--THE PASSAGE~11 min
  15. 15CHAPTER V--HOW DICK CHANGED SIDES~18 min
  16. 16CHAPTER I--THE HOUSE BY THE SHORE~15 min
  17. 17CHAPTER II--A SKIRMISH IN THE DARK~14 min
  18. 18CHAPTER III--ST. BRIDE'S CROSS~7 min
  19. 19CHAPTER IV--THE GOOD HOPE~18 min
  20. 20CHAPTER V--THE GOOD HOPE (continued)~13 min
  21. 21CHAPTER VI--THE GOOD HOPE (concluded)~12 min
  22. 22CHAPTER I--THE DEN~16 min
  23. 23CHAPTER II--"IN MINE ENEMIES' HOUSE"~20 min
  24. 24CHAPTER III--THE DEAD SPY~16 min
  25. 25CHAPTER IV--IN THE ABBEY CHURCH~20 min
  26. 26CHAPTER V--EARL RISINGHAM~7 min
  27. 27CHAPTER VI--ARBLASTER AGAIN~22 min
  28. 28CHAPTER I--THE SHRILL TRUMPET~15 min
  29. 29CHAPTER II--THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY~14 min
  30. 30CHAPTER III--THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY (Concluded)~9 min

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On a certain afternoon, in the late springtime, the bell upon Tunstall Moat House was heard ringing at an unaccustomed hour. Far and near, in the forest and in the fields along the river, people began to desert their labours and hurry towards the sound; and in Tunstall hamlet a group of poor country-folk stood wondering at the summons. Tunstall hamlet at that period, in the reign of old King Henry VI., wore much the same appearance as it wears to-day. A score or so of houses, heavily framed with oak, stood scattered in a long green valley ascending from the river. At the foot, the road crossed a bridge, and mounting on the other side, disappeared into the fringes of the forest on its way to the Moat House, and further forth to Holywood Abbey. Half-way up the village, the church stood among yews. On every side the slopes were crowned and the view bounded by the green elms and greening oak-trees of the forest.

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