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FleetingEileenM



Joined: 30 Mar 2010
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:06 pm    Post subject: Hermione Hyslop Reply with quote

Does this name sound familiar to anyone? It's been nagging at me for a while.

I read a book about 40 years ago and there was a mysterious character in it with that name. Another character traced the name on some object with her finger and slowly pronounced it “Her-Me-Own Hyslop”. The only other thing I can remember is an old house with a very overgrown garden with weeds coming up between the paving stones.

It's strange how these odd memories stick with one. Confused
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FLYBYNIGHT



Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It must be 30 or more years ago that my husband and I saw a book outside a secondhand shop, which had the title: "Miss Kilmansegg and her precious leg".
We always regretted not buying it.

I just googled it and apparently it's "A Golden Legend" by Thomas Hood.

http://www.archive.org/stream/misskilmansegghe00hood#page/n9/mode/2up

amazing!
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