Violet Jacob > Flemington
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IN DARKNESS AND IN LIGHT 83
by the tide ebbing beyond Montrose, stretched
along its shores to the town.
The fall of the broom-covered bank was steep
enough to hide anyone coming up from the lower
levels, and he listened to the movements of some¬
body who was approaching, and to the crackling
noise of the bushes as they were thrust apart.
The sound stopped; and Archie, leaning for¬
ward, saw James standing half-way up the ascent,
with his back turned towards him, looking out
across the flats. He knew what his thoughts
were. He drew his right sleeve lower. So long
as he did not stretch out his arm the mark could
not be seen.
He did not want to appear as if he were watch¬
ing Logie, so he made a slight sound, and the
other turned quickly and faced him, hidden from
the waist downwards in the broom. Then his
crooked lip moved, and he came up the bank and
threw himself down beside Flemington.
by the tide ebbing beyond Montrose, stretched
along its shores to the town.
The fall of the broom-covered bank was steep
enough to hide anyone coming up from the lower
levels, and he listened to the movements of some¬
body who was approaching, and to the crackling
noise of the bushes as they were thrust apart.
The sound stopped; and Archie, leaning for¬
ward, saw James standing half-way up the ascent,
with his back turned towards him, looking out
across the flats. He knew what his thoughts
were. He drew his right sleeve lower. So long
as he did not stretch out his arm the mark could
not be seen.
He did not want to appear as if he were watch¬
ing Logie, so he made a slight sound, and the
other turned quickly and faced him, hidden from
the waist downwards in the broom. Then his
crooked lip moved, and he came up the bank and
threw himself down beside Flemington.
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Flemington > (97) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129342790 |
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| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
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| Shelfmark | NF.536.e.5 |
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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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