Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine
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CATHERINE OPENS THE GATE 165
a good deal as he went about his business
in the solitudes of the mountains; and
failure will open new vistas to those who
are not eaten up by vanity. Though not
given to succumbing to circumstances,
Heber was tried by the enforced patience
and inaction of the last week and his heart
was heavy in him.
If Susannah’s letter had produced no
effect on Charles, it had given him the keen
pleasure of knowing that Heber was made
a fool of as well as himself. The whole
look of the man as he came to meet him
sent the warmth of satisfaction through
Saunders, because it suggested to him that
he was out of spirits with the world. As
the distance lessened between them his own
expression proclaimed the feeling ; and back
again to his mind came the vision of their
last meeting and Heber’s smile. It was his
turn to smile now. He stopped.
“ Well, have ye found her yet ? ” he asked.
The shepherd made no pretence of mis-
a good deal as he went about his business
in the solitudes of the mountains; and
failure will open new vistas to those who
are not eaten up by vanity. Though not
given to succumbing to circumstances,
Heber was tried by the enforced patience
and inaction of the last week and his heart
was heavy in him.
If Susannah’s letter had produced no
effect on Charles, it had given him the keen
pleasure of knowing that Heber was made
a fool of as well as himself. The whole
look of the man as he came to meet him
sent the warmth of satisfaction through
Saunders, because it suggested to him that
he was out of spirits with the world. As
the distance lessened between them his own
expression proclaimed the feeling ; and back
again to his mind came the vision of their
last meeting and Heber’s smile. It was his
turn to smile now. He stopped.
“ Well, have ye found her yet ? ” he asked.
The shepherd made no pretence of mis-
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine > (169) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129100530 |
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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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