Historical memoirs of Rob Roy and the Clan Macgregor

NOTICES OF LADY GRANGE. 3 I 5
and the ambition of the world did not disturb
their peace. Every one was known to his
neighbour, and no gradations existed in their
society ; yet the duties of religion and morality
were not neglected, a clergyman being stationed
among them for their instruction.
During her voyage to this island, Lady
Grange had not slept, and she no sooner took
possession of her new apartment, than she
went to bed wholly overcome. Labouring
under poignant depression of spirits, foreboding
a miserable end, far from her friends, and among
people of whose language she was ignorant, she
kept her bed for some days.
The men belonging to the vessel, who re-
mained for two days, would not discover under
whose authority they acted, nor tell her where
she was, but having given her in charge to a
man who spoke very bad English, left her in a
miserable condition, nearly without clothes,
and with no other food than that which the
island could afford. The man to whose care
she was entrusted was the only person who
could speak even a word of the language she
understood ; and he was so ill-tempered and
savage, that a few days after her arrival, he drew
his dirk in order to murder her.