Lady Victoria Campbell

CHAPTER IV
HOME FOR GOOD
" Oh yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of ill,
To pangs of nature, sins of will,
Defects of doubt, and taints of blood."
The summer of 1869 was fully past before Lady-
Victoria was fit to move. It was not thought expe-
dient that she should return to the activities of the
family life at Inveraray. A longer period of quiet,
and a climate less damp than that of the west coast,
was prescribed for her further recovery.
Lady Emma took a house at Crieff, and there a
happy autumn was passed in long drives and walks
with a pony-chair. Her sister, Lady Evelyn, spent
the time with her, and the return of strength was
steadily satisfactory.
With the approach of winter it was necessary to
consider where that season should be spent.
Sunshine and warmth were deemed essential for
the still delicate lung, and it was decided that Lady
Emma should take a villa at Cannes, and that she
and Lady Victoria should go there, and that later
on two of the sisterhood should join them on the
Riviera.
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