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138 IRRESOLUTE CATHERINE
“ Can ye give me a drink o’ water ? ” she
inquired. “ It’s dry work coming up the
hill.”
The door was shut on her and she heard
the pump working in the yard. Apparently
the latch was not to be lifted again, for
when Mrs. Job returned she came round
the side of the house and handed her the
desired drink.
Susannah swallowed the water, feeling as
if it would choke her.
“ Thank ye,” she said.
And, as the elder woman put out her
hand to take the empty cup, she dashed
it on the ground at their feet. The china
flew into shivers on the step.
She went off along the track, leaving the
other speechless, and when she had gone
a little way she sat down on the turf and
looked back. Mrs. Job had gone in and
the chapel-goers were dispersing; black
figures scattered in retreating groups to¬
wards different quarters of the landscape.
“ Can ye give me a drink o’ water ? ” she
inquired. “ It’s dry work coming up the
hill.”
The door was shut on her and she heard
the pump working in the yard. Apparently
the latch was not to be lifted again, for
when Mrs. Job returned she came round
the side of the house and handed her the
desired drink.
Susannah swallowed the water, feeling as
if it would choke her.
“ Thank ye,” she said.
And, as the elder woman put out her
hand to take the empty cup, she dashed
it on the ground at their feet. The china
flew into shivers on the step.
She went off along the track, leaving the
other speechless, and when she had gone
a little way she sat down on the turf and
looked back. Mrs. Job had gone in and
the chapel-goers were dispersing; black
figures scattered in retreating groups to¬
wards different quarters of the landscape.
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine > (142) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129100206 |
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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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