Harvest Flashcards
CHAPTER 1
Christopher and Thomas Darby and Brooker Higgs start a fire in Master Kent’s stable when they bring home mushrooms.
Blame for fire is deflected on new comers.
CHAPTER 2
Villagers ( now a mob ) go out to the boundary to meet the new comers. Tensions rise and the 2 men are sentenced to the pillory ( for a week ) while the woman becomes centre of attention.
CHAPTER 3
The villagers are happy and celebrating the harvest when Master Kent tells them the plan for sheep. Mistress Beldam appears and the party and ends with Walter being sent to find her, he almost helps the men in pillory.
CHAPTER 4
Morning of the gleaning Master Quill chooses Lizzie Carr to be the Gleaning Queen. Walter takes Quill on a tour of the village and the lands ( both nostalgic and peaceful )
CHAPTER 5
Master Jordon arrives disruptively just as the village is in chaos. Walter describes the death of the older man in the pillory. He then goes to the Manor House and spies on the conversations.
CHAPTER 6
Walter is with widow Gosse. The overheard conversation between Jordon and Kent continues. Their plans for “progress and prosperity” are made clear.
CHAPTER 7
Willowjack the horse is killed and Jordan begins searching for the culprit. Walter leads the “party” around and Beldam’s bloodied shawl is found. Kent claims it is his dead wife’s and Jordan decides to question the remaining man in the pillory.
CHAPTER 8
Walter and Master Quill spend the day in the barn together. Walter learns to make vellum while Quill paints the village land. They devise their plan to corner and talk to Mistress Beldam. Walter also plans a potential secret escape.
CHAPTER 9
Lizzie Carr, Kitty (widow) Gosse and Anne Rogers are imprisoned by Jordan for fighting his men. The villagers go to the manor to see him but are denied. Walter’s alienation grows. He and Quill wait for Beldam and when she runs away, Quill chases her and disappears.
CHAPTER 10
Walter talks to John Carr and learns what happened at the Manor House. The female prisoners have been charged with “witchery”. Kent also visits Walter. The ways in which the women are being tortured are only implied. Quill is also implicated. Walter seems safe.
CHAPTER 11
Jordon’s groom is beaten up and has his face slashed by the villagers. Walter is also injured. The rest of the villagers decide to leave rather than face punishment and sheep. The women are abandoned by their families. Walter sleeps alone in Kitty Gosse’s bed but decides to work.
CHAPTER 12
Walter has breakfast in the manor with his two masters. Jordon’s real plan is revealed. Walter is to be left as a guardian of the village when everyone else leaves. Walter and Kent walk together as equals in nostalgia.
CHAPTER 13
The village is almost completely emptied. Walter’s rebellion begins with feeding the horses bad apples. He watches the “party” from the top of the hill and tries to decipher Kent’s leaving “message”.
CHAPTER 14
Walter sleeps in the Manor House and wonders about the others who still remain there (Quill, and mr and mrs Beldam). He releases the man in the pillory against Jordon’s instructions and makes him plough the field with him.
CHAPTER 15
Walter tries and fails to find the two Beldams and Quill. He gets very drunk and later very high on mushrooms. He cannot remember everything but does say “goodbye” to the lands and packs his belongings to leave.
