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WHAT IS IT ? (in Northumberland)
Jul 03, 2002, 20:18
"I was on my way to see your father," he said at length. "This morning I have prospected the barrow of Harald Blacktooth, and it is clear to me that I can make no progress unless I have Colonel Raden's permission to use explosives. Only the very slightest use, I promise you. I have located, I think, the ceremonial entrance, but it is heavily blocked with boulders which it would take a gang of navvies to raise with crowbars. A discreet application of dynamite would do the work in half an hour. I cannot think that Colonel Raden would object to my using it when I encounter such obstacles. I assure you it will not spoil the look of the barrow."

"I'm sure papa will be delighted. You're certain the noise won't frighten the deer? You know the Piper's Ring is in the forest."

"Not in the least, my dear young lady. The reports will be very slight, scarcely loudly than a rifle-shot."

from John Buchan's JOHN MACNAB (1925) Penguin Books
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