Violet Jacob > Flemington
(137)
Download files
Complete book:
Individual page:
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
THE HEAVY HAND
123
of him. She knew that he was that curious thing—
a man who could keep his true self separate from
his moods. It had taken her years to learn that,
but she had learnt it at last.
For once she was, like other people, baffled by
his naturalness. It was plain that he suffered,
yet she could not tell how she was to mould the
hard stuff hidden below his suffering. But she
must work with the heavy hand.
“You will leave here to-morrow,” she said;
“ you shall not stay here to shirk your duty ”;
and again the pupils of her eyes contracted as she
said it.
“ I will go now,” said he.
123
of him. She knew that he was that curious thing—
a man who could keep his true self separate from
his moods. It had taken her years to learn that,
but she had learnt it at last.
For once she was, like other people, baffled by
his naturalness. It was plain that he suffered,
yet she could not tell how she was to mould the
hard stuff hidden below his suffering. But she
must work with the heavy hand.
“You will leave here to-morrow,” she said;
“ you shall not stay here to shirk your duty ”;
and again the pupils of her eyes contracted as she
said it.
“ I will go now,” said he.
Set display mode to:
Universal Viewer | 
Mirador |
Large image | Transcription
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. 
| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Flemington > (137) |
|---|
| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129343270 |
|---|
| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | NF.536.e.5 |
| Additional NLS resources: | |
| Attribution and copyright: |
|
More information
|
|
| 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). |
|---|---|
|
More information
|
|
| Description | A selection of classic out-of-copyright Scottish poetry, prose and children’s stories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
|---|---|
|
More information
|
|