Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine
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A NIGHT OF STARS
47
“ It’s too late. There’s nought to be
done now,” cried the girl. “ Go—go, Heber.
Let me be ! Oh, what shall I do ? What
shall I do ? ”
“ You’ll do what I bid you. Come,
Catherine ; it’s best done first as last. I’ve
got a cloak for you there on the saddle.”
The horse moved outside, and the sound
sent Black Heber to the door. All was
as still as death, and he turned back.
“ There’s no time to lose,” said he.
“ Come, be a good girl.”
As he spoke an imperceptible stir of air
flicked at the candle-flame and its shine
struck on the gold ring with a device of
clasped hands on Catherine’s finger. He
took her almost roughly by the wrist.
“ Take that off,” he said ; “ you’ll need
it no more.”
She shook her head.
“ Take it off,” he repeated again, standing
over her.
She hesitated and then obeyed.
47
“ It’s too late. There’s nought to be
done now,” cried the girl. “ Go—go, Heber.
Let me be ! Oh, what shall I do ? What
shall I do ? ”
“ You’ll do what I bid you. Come,
Catherine ; it’s best done first as last. I’ve
got a cloak for you there on the saddle.”
The horse moved outside, and the sound
sent Black Heber to the door. All was
as still as death, and he turned back.
“ There’s no time to lose,” said he.
“ Come, be a good girl.”
As he spoke an imperceptible stir of air
flicked at the candle-flame and its shine
struck on the gold ring with a device of
clasped hands on Catherine’s finger. He
took her almost roughly by the wrist.
“ Take that off,” he said ; “ you’ll need
it no more.”
She shook her head.
“ Take it off,” he repeated again, standing
over her.
She hesitated and then obeyed.
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine > (51) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129099114 |
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| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
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| Shelfmark | U.32.f |
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| Description | Violet Jacob (1863-1946) was born into an aristocratic family who had lived at the House of Dun near Montrose since the 15th century. Her classic novel of the 1745 Jacobite rising, 'Flemington” (1911), was highly regarded by John Buchan and is still in print. Jacob had a deep appreciation of the Angus dialect and countryside, and this is evident in her celebrated Scots language poetry in volumes such as 'Song of Angus' (1915). |
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| Description | A selection of classic out-of-copyright Scottish poetry, prose and children’s stories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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