Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

HISTORICAL NOTICES. 67
the Macdonalds in their conflicts with the Mac-
leans, had incurred the particular displeasure of
Sir Lachlan, had now renewed his suit, and
Maclean made no objection to it; but well
aware that Ardnamurchan could have no motive
in seeking the hand of a woman of his mother's
years but the possession of wealth and influence,
(the Lady of Maclean being sister to the late Earl
of Argyle and enjoying a considerable jointure
in her own right,) Sir Lachlan viewed the pro-
posed alliance with disgust rather than appro-
bation : he, however, tolerated the ambition of
Mac- Ian that it might work out its own ruin.
The lady gave her consent, and the chieftain of
Ardnamurchan, with a train becoming the occa-
sion, proceeded to Mull for the purpose of cele-
brating his marriage. The Dowager Lady Mac-
lean resided at Torloisk House, one of the seats
of the chief of Maclean, where the ceremony
was performed. Sir Lachlan was present with
many of the gentlemen of his name ; the day
passed in much conviviality and apparent friend-
ship. During the evening, however, and as the
bride and bridegroom retired to rest, a gentleman
of the Macdonalds thoughtlessly introduced the
subject of the late feuds, and one of the Mac-
leans maintained that he had done so with the
view to breed a quarrel, and that it ill became
the Macdonalds to complain of the results of
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