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64 IIRRESOLUTE CATHERINE
Catherine turned away her head. It
seemed to her that her best refuge was in
silence.
“There’s not much Heber hides from
me,” continued the other; “ it isn’t for
nothing he comes back to his father’s house
time and again as he do. He’s reckoned a
good son, is Heber.”
The sly scorn of her laugh ran like an
electric current through the kitchen.
“ I mind when he parted wi’ you,” she
went on. “ He come back to me. I knew
he’d come. ‘ That’s over, my dear,’ says
he, ‘ an’ over for good an’ all, too. A false
woman’s better found out before the ring’s
on her hand.’ An’ false you are, too,” added
Susannah loudly—“ to Heber first and to
Saunders last.”
“ But here I am all the same,” rejoined
Catherine, her spirit roused where another
woman was concerned.
Susannah laughed again.
“ Well, why not ? ” she cried ; “ no one
Catherine turned away her head. It
seemed to her that her best refuge was in
silence.
“There’s not much Heber hides from
me,” continued the other; “ it isn’t for
nothing he comes back to his father’s house
time and again as he do. He’s reckoned a
good son, is Heber.”
The sly scorn of her laugh ran like an
electric current through the kitchen.
“ I mind when he parted wi’ you,” she
went on. “ He come back to me. I knew
he’d come. ‘ That’s over, my dear,’ says
he, ‘ an’ over for good an’ all, too. A false
woman’s better found out before the ring’s
on her hand.’ An’ false you are, too,” added
Susannah loudly—“ to Heber first and to
Saunders last.”
“ But here I am all the same,” rejoined
Catherine, her spirit roused where another
woman was concerned.
Susannah laughed again.
“ Well, why not ? ” she cried ; “ no one
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine > (68) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129099318 |
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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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