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THE KING OF GROWGLAND’S CROWN 33
a gentleman from a distance, and in a most
unexpected dilemma. Help me out of it, and I
can assure you you shall profit. A great lord,
finding that I am in the town, has sent me a
message. You must know that he is under
heavy obligations to me, and has sworn that on
the day I am married he will give me a
thousand crowns as a wedding gift. Now, I am
not married at all; but if he arrives and can
be made to believe I have a wife, he will
immediately redeem his word. My plan is
simply this : I shall entertain him wTell at your
inn, and, if you have a daughter—or even a
decent-looking serving-maid—who will sit at
the head of the table during dinner and act as
though she were mistress of the house, I will
I divide the sum with you the moment I receive
it. Should he go back from his word, there
will be no harm done, and I will pay you
liberally for your hospitality. I will give the
girl a new gown, too, as a remembrance of her
assistance.”
Now, the landlord was the first rogue in the
kingdom, and the scheme so pleased him that
he nearly died of laughter.
“You are a sharp one!” he exclaimed.
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a gentleman from a distance, and in a most
unexpected dilemma. Help me out of it, and I
can assure you you shall profit. A great lord,
finding that I am in the town, has sent me a
message. You must know that he is under
heavy obligations to me, and has sworn that on
the day I am married he will give me a
thousand crowns as a wedding gift. Now, I am
not married at all; but if he arrives and can
be made to believe I have a wife, he will
immediately redeem his word. My plan is
simply this : I shall entertain him wTell at your
inn, and, if you have a daughter—or even a
decent-looking serving-maid—who will sit at
the head of the table during dinner and act as
though she were mistress of the house, I will
I divide the sum with you the moment I receive
it. Should he go back from his word, there
will be no harm done, and I will pay you
liberally for your hospitality. I will give the
girl a new gown, too, as a remembrance of her
assistance.”
Now, the landlord was the first rogue in the
kingdom, and the scheme so pleased him that
he nearly died of laughter.
“You are a sharp one!” he exclaimed.
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Stories told by the miller > (51) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129135637 |
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| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
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| Shelfmark | U.38.g |
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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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