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THE GREEN GRAVES OF BALGOWRIE
do all my usual work whether I care about it or
not.”
She left the room, and came back after a little
with a bundle of sewing in her hand.
“ Stitches, stitches! ” said Henrietta. “ I have
often wondered how such tiny things can hold a
big garment together. It will be the same at the
end of our lives, Lucie, I believe—we shall be sur¬
prised to see what we have fashioned out of all
these trivial labours.”
“ Harrie, Harrie! you should have been a parson
—you would have made a better one than Dr.
Hallijohn any day. When you are married to him,
I protest you will write all his sermons! ”
“Shall we talk about that?” asked Henrietta,
putting away every pretence of work.
She came and sat beside the fire, and you may
be sure this topic lasted them some time.
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do all my usual work whether I care about it or
not.”
She left the room, and came back after a little
with a bundle of sewing in her hand.
“ Stitches, stitches! ” said Henrietta. “ I have
often wondered how such tiny things can hold a
big garment together. It will be the same at the
end of our lives, Lucie, I believe—we shall be sur¬
prised to see what we have fashioned out of all
these trivial labours.”
“ Harrie, Harrie! you should have been a parson
—you would have made a better one than Dr.
Hallijohn any day. When you are married to him,
I protest you will write all his sermons! ”
“Shall we talk about that?” asked Henrietta,
putting away every pretence of work.
She came and sat beside the fire, and you may
be sure this topic lasted them some time.
17
257
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Jane Helen Findlater > Green graves of Balgowrie > (261) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129146653 |
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| Shelfmark | U.71.c |
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| Description | Jane Findlater (1866-1946) was a celebrated novelist and short-story writer, sometimes in collaboration with her elder sister Mary. Her first novel, 'The Green Graves of Balgownie' (1896), was a great success. She became known for her authentic portrayals of rural life in Scotland, and was admired by contemporaries such as Rudyard Kipling and Virginia Woolf. Her work has subsequently gone out of print and fallen into relative obscurity. |
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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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