THE BATH ROAD 



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1 6th century) and thus assisted, the young lady, whose 

 name was Sherington, flopped into the arms of the young 

 man, whose name was Talbot, and killed him to all ap- 

 pearances fatally dead on the spot, at which she sat 

 down and wept. Upon this the defunct Talbot, who 

 had been only temporarily deprived of breath, came to 



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The Old Market House, Marlborough. 



life again, and at the same moment the lady's father, 

 with a fine instinct for a melodramatic situation, jumped 

 out of a bush and observed, that " as his daughter had 

 made such a leap to him she should e'en marry him," 

 meaning Talbot, which was rather obscure, but exactly 

 what the young lady wanted, and married she was to 

 Talbot, whose Christian name was John, brought him 



