Johnny Ludlow, Sixth Series

A series of vignettes about life in the Victorian times in Great Britain. Excerpt from Fifth Series: ''Let us go and give her a turn,' cried the Squire. Tod laughed. 'What, all of us?' said he. 'To be sure. All of us. Why not? We'll start to-morrow.' 'Oh dear!' exclaimed Mrs. Todhetley, dismay in her mild tones. 'Children and all?' 'Children and all; and take Hannah to see to them,' said the Squire. 'You don't count, Joe: you will be off elsewhere.' 'We could never be ready,' said the Mater, looking the image of perplexity. 'To-morrow's Friday. Besides, there would be no time to write to Mary.' 'Write to her!' cried the Squire, turning sharply on his heel as he paced the room in his nankeen morning-coat. 'And who do you suppose is going to write to her? Why, it would cause her to make all sorts of preparation, put her to no end of trouble. A pretty conjurer you'd make! We will take her by surprise: that's what we will do.''