Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine
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CHAPTER IV
ACTION
It was almost noon on the day before
Talgwynne fair when Catherine Dennis
opened her eyes ; she tried to sit up, but
her head ached so unpleasantly that she
sank back at once and lay still. Her body
and limbs were so stiff that it was a torment
to move, and when Susannah came in and
offered her food she could scarcely eat,
though she had tasted nothing for the last
eighteen hours. When her own resolve to
escape returned to her mind, she knew her¬
self to be, for the time being at least, quite
incapable of carrying it out.
The milk, with a plate of bread, had been
left on the floor beside her mattress, and
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ACTION
It was almost noon on the day before
Talgwynne fair when Catherine Dennis
opened her eyes ; she tried to sit up, but
her head ached so unpleasantly that she
sank back at once and lay still. Her body
and limbs were so stiff that it was a torment
to move, and when Susannah came in and
offered her food she could scarcely eat,
though she had tasted nothing for the last
eighteen hours. When her own resolve to
escape returned to her mind, she knew her¬
self to be, for the time being at least, quite
incapable of carrying it out.
The milk, with a plate of bread, had been
left on the floor beside her mattress, and
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine > (105) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129099762 |
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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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