Round 1 results!
Your choices, and your answers, for Hobberdy Dick, were
1. Hobberdy Dick perched above the front door of Widford Manor, watching a kestrel circle over the moor and resolutely ignoring the shrill complaints emanating from the parlour.
--written by spawnofweevil and guessed by dorianegray
2. Hobberdy Dick stared from the attic window at the three creaking farm carts that were bearing all that was left of the Culvers' possessions out of Widford Manor.
--written by K. M. Briggs. Fooled all of you!
3. Hobberdy Dick was a hobgoblin.
--written by jeffr23 and guessed by chaosdeathfish
4. "Hobbledy skip, hobbledy jump, hobbleday run away!"
--written by songofnewday
5. "Mrs. Whistead, why must we leave?" cried Eleanor.
--written by chaosdeathfish
6. The house had stood empty for near on a year, yet the windows remained clear, the floors dustless, the beams and chimney-piece free from cobwebs.
--written by lanyer and guessed by mentalfirewall and spawnofweevil
7. The moving of the Culvers away from Widford Manner was most disagreeable to Hobberdy Dick and the arrival of the That Family as he came to refer to them did not improve matters at all.
--written by mentalfirewall and guessed by songofnewday
8. Widford Manor was two hundred years old, and Hobberdy Dick was older still.
--written by dorianegray and guessed by jeffr23 , lanyer and taldragon
The scores for round 1 are therefore
dorianegray 3
lanyer 2
mentalfirewall 1
spawnofweevil 1
jeffr23 1
1. Hobberdy Dick perched above the front door of Widford Manor, watching a kestrel circle over the moor and resolutely ignoring the shrill complaints emanating from the parlour.
--written by spawnofweevil and guessed by dorianegray
2. Hobberdy Dick stared from the attic window at the three creaking farm carts that were bearing all that was left of the Culvers' possessions out of Widford Manor.
--written by K. M. Briggs. Fooled all of you!
3. Hobberdy Dick was a hobgoblin.
--written by jeffr23 and guessed by chaosdeathfish
4. "Hobbledy skip, hobbledy jump, hobbleday run away!"
--written by songofnewday
5. "Mrs. Whistead, why must we leave?" cried Eleanor.
--written by chaosdeathfish
6. The house had stood empty for near on a year, yet the windows remained clear, the floors dustless, the beams and chimney-piece free from cobwebs.
--written by lanyer and guessed by mentalfirewall and spawnofweevil
7. The moving of the Culvers away from Widford Manner was most disagreeable to Hobberdy Dick and the arrival of the That Family as he came to refer to them did not improve matters at all.
--written by mentalfirewall and guessed by songofnewday
8. Widford Manor was two hundred years old, and Hobberdy Dick was older still.
--written by dorianegray and guessed by jeffr23 , lanyer and taldragon
The scores for round 1 are therefore
dorianegray 3
lanyer 2
mentalfirewall 1
spawnofweevil 1
jeffr23 1