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The Sleeper Train to Brindlecombe

1:25:38 · A sleep story for adults

Leave the toyshop with Bartholomew Bellweather and take the overnight sleeper towards his sister’s inn.

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Before you settle in

Edward and Henry can manage the shop. Bartholomew has a journey to make: out of London, into a sleeping carriage, and west towards his autumn visit to Dorothea at the Copper Dormouse.

There is a compartment to settle into, Tobias Tallowick’s quiet attention, and a country station at the other end. Beyond Brindlecombe, the road passes the millpond and climbs towards Little Tallowmere.

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