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160 IRRESOLUTE CATHERINE
right in saying that Charles now hated the
sight of her.
She was not afraid that Heber would
pass, though she knew that he went on
Thursdays to Langarth ; for his way thither
from the hill farm joined the highroad some
way east of the toll. She sighed. Could
she see him, while remaining invisible her¬
self, she knew that she would secretly
be glad. But, admitting that, she put
him from her thoughts with a heightened
colour. Since Susannah’s plain speaking,
she had never let her mind dwell on the
shepherd; yet she had learned of late
that if her pride had been cruelly handled,
her heart had fared little better. She could
not think, looking back, how she had ever
liked or tolerated Saunders. She was bitter
against Black Heber, as well she might be;
but she hated him and loved him at the
same moment. For the first time, the
simple girl was in a terribly complicated
state of mind.
right in saying that Charles now hated the
sight of her.
She was not afraid that Heber would
pass, though she knew that he went on
Thursdays to Langarth ; for his way thither
from the hill farm joined the highroad some
way east of the toll. She sighed. Could
she see him, while remaining invisible her¬
self, she knew that she would secretly
be glad. But, admitting that, she put
him from her thoughts with a heightened
colour. Since Susannah’s plain speaking,
she had never let her mind dwell on the
shepherd; yet she had learned of late
that if her pride had been cruelly handled,
her heart had fared little better. She could
not think, looking back, how she had ever
liked or tolerated Saunders. She was bitter
against Black Heber, as well she might be;
but she hated him and loved him at the
same moment. For the first time, the
simple girl was in a terribly complicated
state of mind.
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine > (164) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129100470 |
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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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