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* GrayEyes: Barbara's pointedly referenced as having these, and certainly has the rational/stoic personality often associated.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Both Barbara Grahame and Eleanor Shipley, albeit in different ways.
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When Peggy Grahame's father dies, she is sent to the old family home, Rest-and-be-thankful, in upstate New York to live with her cantankerous uncle Enos. Upon her arrival, she soon encounters an English university student, Pat Thorne, who's doing research on his family's history in the area... as well as Rest-and-be-thankful's resident ghosts, her Revolutionary War-era ancestors.
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When Peggy Grahame's father dies, she is sent to the old family home, Rest-and-be-thankful, in upstate New York to live with her cantankerous uncle Enos. Upon her arrival, she soon encounters an English university student, Pat Thorne, who's doing research on his family's history in the area... as well as Rest-and-be-thankful's resident ghosts, her [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution Revolutionary War-era War]]-era ancestors.
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* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution: The setting of the narrative provided by the ghosts.
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-->''“But you’re talking - ” I gasped, “you’re talking as if you thought Rest-and-be-thankful actually is haunted.”''
-->''“Well,” said my father, “it actually is, you know.”''
-->''“But - ” I began again.''
-->''“Never mind arguing about it now,” my father interrupted me. “Wait till you see Rest-and-be-thankful; then you’ll understand. And take the look off your face! They’re not supposed to rattle chains or flap about wailing in misty sheets. All they do is come around sometimes when they happen to feel like it.”''
-->''“Well,” said my father, “it actually is, you know.”''
-->''“But - ” I began again.''
-->''“Never mind arguing about it now,” my father interrupted me. “Wait till you see Rest-and-be-thankful; then you’ll understand. And take the look off your face! They’re not supposed to rattle chains or flap about wailing in misty sheets. All they do is come around sometimes when they happen to feel like it.”''
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And the ghosts prove to be quite chatty. The four of them - Barbara Grahame, Richard Grahame, Eleanor Shipley, and Peaceable Drummond Sherwood - seek Peggy out over the course of several weeks to tell her each of their parts in the Grahame family's Revolution narrative. Their tale runs parallel to Peggy's own budding romance with Pat and helps her solve a little family mystery of her own.
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And the ghosts prove to be quite chatty. The four of them - -- Barbara Grahame, Richard Grahame, Eleanor Shipley, and Peaceable Drummond Sherwood - -- seek Peggy out over the course of several weeks to tell her each of their parts in the Grahame family's Revolution narrative. Their tale runs parallel to Peggy's own budding romance with Pat and helps her solve a little family mystery of her own.
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* BestHerToBedHer: [[spoiler: Peaceable is a rare male version. His response to Barbara's PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo-- done ''while he knows she's got sleeping drops on her, which she's made clear to him that she has''-- is to propose marriage on the spot before passing out.]]
* ColourCodedCharacters: Dick - an officer in the Continental army - naturally wears blue, as does his love interest Eleanor; Peaceable - an officer in the British army - wears red, as does his love interest Barbara.
* ColourCodedCharacters: Dick - an officer in the Continental army - naturally wears blue, as does his love interest Eleanor; Peaceable - an officer in the British army - wears red, as does his love interest Barbara.
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* BestHerToBedHer: [[spoiler: Peaceable [[spoiler:Peaceable is a rare male version. His response to Barbara's PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo-- PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo -- done ''while he knows she's got sleeping drops on her, which she's made clear to him that she has''-- has'' -- is to propose marriage on the spot before passing out.]]
* ColourCodedCharacters: Dick- -- an officer in the Continental army - -- naturally wears blue, as does his love interest Eleanor; Peaceable - -- an officer in the British army - -- wears red, as does his love interest Barbara.
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* RightUnderTheirNoses: What to do when you're leading a guerrilla band of British loyalists in unfriendly territory? If you're Peaceable: camp out in the closed-up house of the man trying to catch you, of course. He pulls the same trick immediately after he breaks out of jail later on in the novel, heading straight for the house where [[spoiler: all his enemies are gathered for a party and disguising himself as a waiter]].
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* RightUnderTheirNoses: What to do when you're leading a guerrilla band of British loyalists in unfriendly territory? If you're Peaceable: camp out in the closed-up house of the man trying to catch you, of course. He pulls the same trick immediately after he breaks out of jail later on in the novel, heading straight for the house where [[spoiler: all [[spoiler:all his enemies are gathered for a party and disguising himself as a waiter]].
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* TheAmericanRevolution: The setting of the narrative provided by the ghosts.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Both Barbara Grahame and Eleanor Shipley, albeit in different ways.
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* PairTheSmartOnes: It's certainly not a coincidence that the two smartest characters in the novel -- Barbara and Peaceable -- end up together. Especially since Peaceable had, prior to meeting her, declared he wouldn't get married until he met a woman as smart as he was. Barbara fit ''that'' bill superbly.
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* DeconfirmedBachelor: After having a series of nitwits pushed on him by his uncle, Peaceable is rather disdainful towards women in general; he is somewhat startled to find that Barbara subverts all his expectations of her ''utterly''.
* FourthDateMarriage: While they have to wait until the war is over to properly get married, Peaceable proposes to Barbara within hours of meeting her.
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* GirlOfMyDreams: after having a series of nitwits pushed on him by his uncle, Peaceable is rather disdainful towards women in general; he is somewhat startled to find that Barbara subverts all his expectations of her ''utterly''.
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* LoveAcrossBattlelines: Peaceable and Barbara.
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-->''“But you’re talking - ” I gasped, “you’re talking as if you thought Rest-and-be-thankful actually is haunted.”''
-->''“Well,” said my father, “it actually is, you know.”''
-->''“But - ” I began again.''
-->''“Never mind arguing about it now,” my father interrupted me. “Wait till you see Rest-and-be-thankful; then you’ll understand. And take the look off your face! They’re not supposed to rattle chains or flap about wailing in misty sheets. All they do is come around sometimes when they happen to feel like it.”''
A 1958 historical YA with supernatural elements by Elizabeth Marie Pope.
When Peggy Grahame's father dies, she is sent to the old family home, Rest-and-be-thankful, in upstate New York to live with her cantankerous uncle Enos. Upon her arrival, she soon encounters an English university student, Pat Thorne, who's doing research on his family's history in the area... as well as Rest-and-be-thankful's resident ghosts, her Revolutionary War-era ancestors.
And the ghosts prove to be quite chatty. The four of them - Barbara Grahame, Richard Grahame, Eleanor Shipley, and Peaceable Drummond Sherwood - seek Peggy out over the course of several weeks to tell her each of their parts in the Grahame family's Revolution narrative. Their tale runs parallel to Peggy's own budding romance with Pat and helps her solve a little family mystery of her own.
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!!The novel includes examples of these tropes:
* AbductionIsLove: Kiiiiind of happens in a roundabout way; the abduction is accidental, polite, and kind of a rescue, and she quickly manages to get herself out of the situation. They do, however, fall in love.
* TheAmericanRevolution: The setting of the narrative provided by the ghosts.
* BestHerToBedHer: [[spoiler: Peaceable is a rare male version. His response to Barbara's PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo-- done ''while he knows she's got sleeping drops on her, which she's made clear to him that she has''-- is to propose marriage on the spot before passing out.]]
* ColourCodedCharacters: Dick - an officer in the Continental army - naturally wears blue, as does his love interest Eleanor; Peaceable - an officer in the British army - wears red, as does his love interest Barbara.
* DistressedDamsel: Peaceable finds out very quickly that Barbara is anything ''but'' this.
-->"Will you mind very much if I run myself into serious difficulties now and again after we are married, just for the pleasure of seeing you rise to an occasion?"
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Considering Peaceable's not the fondest of his own first name in the 18th century, it stands to reason that the embarrassment is compounded by the time we hit the contemporary sections and find that [[spoiler:Pat Thorne]] has inherited the aforementioned first name.
* GeorgeWashingtonSleptHere: Half the Revolutionary War notable historical figures interacted in some way with Rest-And-Be-Thankful. Among other things, they actually do have a bed that George Washington slept in.
* GirlOfMyDreams: after having a series of nitwits pushed on him by his uncle, Peaceable is rather disdainful towards women in general; he is somewhat startled to find that Barbara subverts all his expectations of her ''utterly''.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: Their 18th-century fashion gets in a few mentions from the ghosts; Peggy gets to wear one for the Independence Day Ball.
* GrayEyes: Barbara's pointedly referenced as having these, and certainly has the rational/stoic personality often associated.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Washington gets in a few scenes with Dick.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Surprisingly averted by Dick, despite the fact that he is clearly very fond of his sister and Peaceable is an enemy. He finds the whole affair amusing.
* OfficerAndAGentleman: Both Dick and Peaceable play this up, and despite the fact that they're on opposing sides of a very bloody war, they're extremely friendly and courteous to one another. Peaceable's treatment of Barbara, when she wanders into his hands, also exemplifies this trope.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: Peaceable makes a great show of how weak and pathetic and sad he is once he's thrown in Goshen jail... and then proceeds to escape the hell away from there the second his jailers finally decide he's not a threat and relax the terms of his imprisonment.
* PlotParallel: There are a few instances where Peggy's story echoes the one being told by her ancestors; occasionally she deliberately invokes it, like at the ball where she helps Pat avoid detection by using Peaceable's methods.
* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: Barbara pulls one of these maneuvers [[spoiler:against Peaceable]] in one of the most exciting scenes of the novel.
* RightUnderTheirNoses: What to do when you're leading a guerrilla band of British loyalists in unfriendly territory? If you're Peaceable: camp out in the closed-up house of the man trying to catch you, of course. He pulls the same trick immediately after he breaks out of jail later on in the novel, heading straight for the house where [[spoiler: all his enemies are gathered for a party and disguising himself as a waiter]].
* SecretRelationship: Barbara likes to think she and Peaceable have this going on, but, as Dick points out, neither of them are being particularly subtle about the fact that they're going to be married the minute the ink is dry on the peace treaty.
* SnowedIn: Enabling the aforementioned accidental abduction.
* StoryWithinAStory: How the narrative is structured. Used extremely effectively.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Dick and Eleanor clearly have this going on as soon as Dick returns and is quartered in her family home, mostly in the form of BelligerentSexualTension. They quickly get a RelationshipUpgrade, and the UST switches over to Barbara and Peaceable.
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-->''“Well,” said my father, “it actually is, you know.”''
-->''“But - ” I began again.''
-->''“Never mind arguing about it now,” my father interrupted me. “Wait till you see Rest-and-be-thankful; then you’ll understand. And take the look off your face! They’re not supposed to rattle chains or flap about wailing in misty sheets. All they do is come around sometimes when they happen to feel like it.”''
A 1958 historical YA with supernatural elements by Elizabeth Marie Pope.
When Peggy Grahame's father dies, she is sent to the old family home, Rest-and-be-thankful, in upstate New York to live with her cantankerous uncle Enos. Upon her arrival, she soon encounters an English university student, Pat Thorne, who's doing research on his family's history in the area... as well as Rest-and-be-thankful's resident ghosts, her Revolutionary War-era ancestors.
And the ghosts prove to be quite chatty. The four of them - Barbara Grahame, Richard Grahame, Eleanor Shipley, and Peaceable Drummond Sherwood - seek Peggy out over the course of several weeks to tell her each of their parts in the Grahame family's Revolution narrative. Their tale runs parallel to Peggy's own budding romance with Pat and helps her solve a little family mystery of her own.
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!!The novel includes examples of these tropes:
* AbductionIsLove: Kiiiiind of happens in a roundabout way; the abduction is accidental, polite, and kind of a rescue, and she quickly manages to get herself out of the situation. They do, however, fall in love.
* TheAmericanRevolution: The setting of the narrative provided by the ghosts.
* BestHerToBedHer: [[spoiler: Peaceable is a rare male version. His response to Barbara's PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo-- done ''while he knows she's got sleeping drops on her, which she's made clear to him that she has''-- is to propose marriage on the spot before passing out.]]
* ColourCodedCharacters: Dick - an officer in the Continental army - naturally wears blue, as does his love interest Eleanor; Peaceable - an officer in the British army - wears red, as does his love interest Barbara.
* DistressedDamsel: Peaceable finds out very quickly that Barbara is anything ''but'' this.
-->"Will you mind very much if I run myself into serious difficulties now and again after we are married, just for the pleasure of seeing you rise to an occasion?"
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Considering Peaceable's not the fondest of his own first name in the 18th century, it stands to reason that the embarrassment is compounded by the time we hit the contemporary sections and find that [[spoiler:Pat Thorne]] has inherited the aforementioned first name.
* GeorgeWashingtonSleptHere: Half the Revolutionary War notable historical figures interacted in some way with Rest-And-Be-Thankful. Among other things, they actually do have a bed that George Washington slept in.
* GirlOfMyDreams: after having a series of nitwits pushed on him by his uncle, Peaceable is rather disdainful towards women in general; he is somewhat startled to find that Barbara subverts all his expectations of her ''utterly''.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: Their 18th-century fashion gets in a few mentions from the ghosts; Peggy gets to wear one for the Independence Day Ball.
* GrayEyes: Barbara's pointedly referenced as having these, and certainly has the rational/stoic personality often associated.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Washington gets in a few scenes with Dick.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Surprisingly averted by Dick, despite the fact that he is clearly very fond of his sister and Peaceable is an enemy. He finds the whole affair amusing.
* OfficerAndAGentleman: Both Dick and Peaceable play this up, and despite the fact that they're on opposing sides of a very bloody war, they're extremely friendly and courteous to one another. Peaceable's treatment of Barbara, when she wanders into his hands, also exemplifies this trope.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: Peaceable makes a great show of how weak and pathetic and sad he is once he's thrown in Goshen jail... and then proceeds to escape the hell away from there the second his jailers finally decide he's not a threat and relax the terms of his imprisonment.
* PlotParallel: There are a few instances where Peggy's story echoes the one being told by her ancestors; occasionally she deliberately invokes it, like at the ball where she helps Pat avoid detection by using Peaceable's methods.
* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: Barbara pulls one of these maneuvers [[spoiler:against Peaceable]] in one of the most exciting scenes of the novel.
* RightUnderTheirNoses: What to do when you're leading a guerrilla band of British loyalists in unfriendly territory? If you're Peaceable: camp out in the closed-up house of the man trying to catch you, of course. He pulls the same trick immediately after he breaks out of jail later on in the novel, heading straight for the house where [[spoiler: all his enemies are gathered for a party and disguising himself as a waiter]].
* SecretRelationship: Barbara likes to think she and Peaceable have this going on, but, as Dick points out, neither of them are being particularly subtle about the fact that they're going to be married the minute the ink is dry on the peace treaty.
* SnowedIn: Enabling the aforementioned accidental abduction.
* StoryWithinAStory: How the narrative is structured. Used extremely effectively.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Dick and Eleanor clearly have this going on as soon as Dick returns and is quartered in her family home, mostly in the form of BelligerentSexualTension. They quickly get a RelationshipUpgrade, and the UST switches over to Barbara and Peaceable.
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