The Three Feathers E-Book

Flora Steel

• Herausgeber: Sovereign
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Serie: English Fairy Tales
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 14

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Once upon a time there lived a girl who was wooed and married by a man she never saw; for he came a-courting her after nightfall, and when they were married he never came home till it was dark, and always left before dawn.

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Flora Steel

The Three Feathers

Published by Sovereign

This edition first published in 2017

Copyright © 2017 Sovereign

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ISBN: 9781787242678

Contents

THE THREE FEATHERS

THE THREE FEATHERS

Once upon a time there lived a girl who was wooed and married by a man she never saw; for he came a-courting her after nightfall, and when they were married he never came home till it was dark, and always left before dawn.

Still he was good and kind to her, giving her everything her heart could desire, so she was well content for a while. But, after a bit, some of her friends, doubtless full of envy for her good luck, began to whisper that the unseen husband must have something dreadful the matter with him which made him averse to being seen.

Now from the very beginning the girl had wondered why her lover did not come a-courting her as other girls’ lovers came, openly and by day, and though, at first, she paid no heed to her neighbours’ nods and winks, she began at last to think there might be something in what they said. So she determined to see for herself, and one night when she heard her husband come into her room, she lit her candle suddenly and saw him.

And, lo and behold! he was handsome as handsome; beautiful enough to make every woman in the world fall in love with him on the spot. But even as she got her glimpse of him, he changed into a big brown bird which looked at her with eyes full of anger and blame.