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BESSIE'S CHANCE

 

BESSIE’S CHANCE

‘Those bloody gypsies are back in the bottom field,’ Frank growled, ‘they’ll be the death of me!’

Bessie wished that it was true. Since mum died she’d been forced into taking her place, in the kitchen and upstairs, but with the nearest town thirty miles away she was trapped – until now. She’d seen the gypsies earlier and noticed the appreciative gleam in one young man’s dark eyes.

She poured Frank’s whiskey liberally that night and crept out after he’d gone to sleep.

The cows complaining they hadn’t been milked woke Frank next morning, by which time Bessie was long gone.

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    1. I guess she thought anything would be an improvement.

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    1. Thanks Susan! You've left me wondering what you said and removed :)

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  3. Maybe the young man with the dark eyes appreciated her a smidge too much?

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  4. Frank left exactly where he should be, on his own.

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  5. A modern fairy tale. She ran away with the gypsies

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  6. Dear Liz,

    Good on Bessie for finding a way to escape.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. She was lucky - I'd have walked the 30 miles to town!

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  7. Hope the gypsies are a welcoming lot!

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    1. If they're not, she can leave them too when she's far enough away from home.

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    1. Her life can be what she makes of it now, instead of slavery to her father.

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  9. Drastic situations call for drastic measures. I'd say he was lucky to wake up at all. Now it's the traveling life for her. :-)

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    1. Oh, she didn't need to be fleeing a murder rap for the rest of her life!

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  10. Run Bessie, run! Hope her life with the gypsies is better than the one she is leaving.

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    1. I think she'll make it so. Thanks for commenting.

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  11. The great escape ... good for Bessie.
    A new beginning for her. Nicely done ...
    Have a wonderful weekdend.
    Isadora ��

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    1. Thank you, Isadora. Hope your weekend is good too ☺️

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  12. I'm cheering for Bessie too. I hope the promise in the young man's dark eyes is fulfilled and she doesn't find herself worse off. Well told.

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    1. Only time will tell. Thanks Margirene.

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  13. Frank is lucky he's still alive. Good storytelling, Liz.

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    1. He is. I'd have fed him to the pigs long ago!

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  14. With Frank forcing Bessie into taking over her mum's "full" role, I'm rather hoping that the young man can be persuaded to pop over and quietly "take Frank out". After all, the nearest town is 30 miles away - who'd know?

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  15. Poor Frank, not to mention the cows.

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    1. Frank got less than he deserved, and it'll do him food to have to milk the cows himself.

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  16. the great escape? we'll have to wait and see.

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  17. Serves Frank right. I hope Bessie has a great time.

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    1. She will - àt least she chose her gypsy lover!

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  18. I like to think this is a story Bessie and her man will tell their grandchildren.

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  19. Reading through the comments on the way to the comment form, I would like to second all those who would like to see Frank dealt with. I like that idea much. Great story!

    Anne from annehiga.com

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    1. Thanks Anna, I think your vote takes us to a majority in favour of dire punishment!

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