The minstrel Martin Pippin comes upon a Sussex orchard where six milkmaids guard the keys to a well-house in which young Gillian is imprisoned by her own vow. To win the keys he tells each maid a tale, among them The King’s Barn, Young Gerard and The Mill of Dreams, with playful interludes between.
Farjeon’s enchanting 1921 book of fairy tales for grown-ups, rich in Sussex place-names and songs. Download the free EPUB.