TO MY COUSIN Beatrice A. McIntyre THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
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“Kilmeny looked up with a lovely grace, But nae smile was seen on Kilmeny’s face; As still was her look, and as still was her ee, As the stillness that lay on the emerant lea, Or the mist that sleeps on a waveless sea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Such beauty bard may never declare, For there was no pride nor passion there; . . . . . . . . . . . . . Her seymar was the lily flower, And her cheek the moss-rose in the shower; And her voice like the distant melodye That floats along the twilight sea.” — The Queen’s Wake JAMES HOGG
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE THOUGHTS OF YOUTH
CHAPTER II. A LETTER OF DESTINY
CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF LINDSAY SCHOOL
CHAPTER IV. A TEA TABLE CONVERSATION
CHAPTER V. A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT
CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF KILMENY
CHAPTER VII. A ROSE OF WOMANHOOD
CHAPTER VIII. AT THE GATE OF EDEN
CHAPTER IX. THE STRAIGHT SIMPLICITY OF EVE
CHAPTER X. A TROUBLING OF THE WATERS
CHAPTER XI. A LOVER AND HIS LASS
CHAPTER XII. A PRISONER OF LOVE
CHAPTER XIII. A SWEETER WOMAN NE’ER DREW BREATH
CHAPTER XIV. IN HER SELFLESS MOOD
CHAPTER XV. AN OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THING
CHAPTER XVI. DAVID BAKER’S OPINION
CHAPTER XVII. A BROKEN FETTER
CHAPTER XVIII. NEIL GORDON SOLVES HIS OWN PROBLEM
CHAPTER XIX. VICTOR FROM VANQUISHED ISSUES