Fiction > Book editions > London, 1886 - Kidnapped
(261) Page 247
Download files
Individual page:
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
THE PLIGHT IN THE HEATHER. 247 for sharpness. I thought I must have swooned where I stood. This it was that gave me a thought. No apology could blot out what I had said; it was needless to think of one, none could cover the offence; but where an apology was vain, a mere cry for help might bring Alan back to my side. I put my pride away from me. "Alan! " I said; "if you cannae help me, I must just die here." He started up sitting, and looked at me. "It's true," said I. "I'm by with it. Oh, let me get into the bield of a house�I'll can die there easier." I had no need to pretend; whether I chose or not, I spoke in a weeping voice that would have melted a heart of stone. "Can ye walk?" asked Alan. "No," said I, "not without help. This last hour, my legs have been fainting under me; I've a stitch in my side like a red-hot iron; I cannae breathe right. If I die, ye'll can forgive me, Alan? In my heart, I liked ye fine�even when I was the angriest." "Wheesht, wheesht!" cried Alan. "Dinnae say that! David man, ye ken------" He shut his mouth upon a sob. "Let me get my arm about ye," he continued; "that's the way! Now lean upon me hard. Gude kens where there's a house! We're in Balwhidder, too; there should be no want of houses, no, nor friends' houses here. Do ye gang easier so, Davie?"
Set display mode to: Large image | Zoom image | Transcription
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated.
Early editions of Robert Louis Stevenson > Fiction > Book editions > Kidnapped > (261) Page 247 |
---|
Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74555374 |
---|---|
Attribution and copyright: |
|
More information |
Person / organisation: |
Balfour, David (Fictitious character) [Subject of text] |
---|
Form / genre: |
Written and printed matter > Books |
---|---|
Dates / events: |
1886 [Date published] Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 [Date/event in text] |
Places: |
Europe >
United Kingdom >
England >
Greater London >
London
(inhabited place) [Place published] |
Subject / content: |
Children's literature Fiction First editions Scottish Adventure stories |
Person / organisation: |
Cassell & Company [Publisher] Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 [Author] |
Person / organisation: |
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 [Author] |
---|