Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine
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CATHERINE OPENS THE GATE 173
voice. “ Let me go on, I tell ’e; open
the gate ! Who cares a damn who ye be
livin’ with ? ”
“ He told me, not an hour back, that he
was keepin’ you,” continued Black Heber,
unmoved, pointing at Charles. “ Be that
true? Answer me, girl.”
“ It’s a he,” cried Catherine, in a shaking
voice. “ So help me God, it’s a lie ! ”
He loosed his hold on her.
“ Open the gate, Catherine,” said he
quietly. Then he took Charles’s cob by the
head and looked up at its driver.
“ Will ye drive on, like the lyin’ cur ye
are, or will ye come down now and have it
out wi’ me ? ”
“ Let my horse go ! ” screamed the cattle-
breeder. “ Who be you, ye thief, stopping
me an’ my nephew in the road ? ”
Charles bent forward and cut at Heber
with his whip.
“ Go on, then, if you be afeared,” said the
shepherd, taking his hand from the bit.
voice. “ Let me go on, I tell ’e; open
the gate ! Who cares a damn who ye be
livin’ with ? ”
“ He told me, not an hour back, that he
was keepin’ you,” continued Black Heber,
unmoved, pointing at Charles. “ Be that
true? Answer me, girl.”
“ It’s a he,” cried Catherine, in a shaking
voice. “ So help me God, it’s a lie ! ”
He loosed his hold on her.
“ Open the gate, Catherine,” said he
quietly. Then he took Charles’s cob by the
head and looked up at its driver.
“ Will ye drive on, like the lyin’ cur ye
are, or will ye come down now and have it
out wi’ me ? ”
“ Let my horse go ! ” screamed the cattle-
breeder. “ Who be you, ye thief, stopping
me an’ my nephew in the road ? ”
Charles bent forward and cut at Heber
with his whip.
“ Go on, then, if you be afeared,” said the
shepherd, taking his hand from the bit.
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine > (177) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129100626 |
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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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