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The Marquis of Lossie

Chapter 4 IV KELPIE'S AIRING

Word Count: 1292    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

reeting -- rendered yet more restless by her talk, he went bac

rose. She arose herself also, and looked after him from the door -- a proud and

ady back, as gien some thoucht had set him straught. -- Gien the fractious brute wad but brak a bane or twa o' him!" she went on in growing anger. "The impidence o' the fallow! He has his leave: what for disna he tak' it an' gang? But oot o' this

ng tide: he gave Kelpie the rein, and she sprang into a wild gallop, every now and then flinging her heels as high as her rider's head. But finding, as they approached the stony part from which rose the great rock called the Bored Craig, that he could not pull her up in time, he turned her head towards the long dune of sand which, a little beyo

d. She wheeled and reared, and, in wrath or in terror, strained every nerve to unseat her rider,

"She's a mad brute, an' I mayna be able t

e paid no heed, but stood with her child in her arms and gazed at Kel

ckit oot yer harns; but ye ha'e the bairn, woman!

ail," she said, in a tone whose very

g himself from Kelpie's back, and, hanging hard on the bit with one hand, searched wit

if her eagerness should turn to impatience, she would do her endeavour to bite him. After crunching thr

aid hurriedly. "Sp

e; then her gaze sought the far horizon, which to seafaring people is as the hills whence cometh th

erning his sister than had yet reached himself? A fine

he would have married her before the child was born. But Malcolm had had a suspicion from the first, and now her words all but confi

h under the shoulder blade from Kelpie's long teeth:

e that, Lizz

a'colm, but I'm sure it's tru

r at any time rendered him insensible to that of others

e 'ill be scornin' me sair whan he comes to ken. Ma'colm, ye're the only ane 'at disna luik doon upo' me, an whan ye cam' ower the tap o

d by the girl's confidence, though to be tru

er service. Bide aboot here -- or, luik ye: here's the key o' yon door; come throu' that intil the park -- throu' aneth the toll ro'd, ye ken. There ye'll get into the lythe (lee)

me, Ma'colm: I'm no w

dy at full speed alon

a'e a richt lass to lo'e him some day! It's a' ane to him, boat or beast. He wadna turn frae the deil himsel'.

, Lizzy's heart yet ached at the thought th

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1 Chapter 1 I: THE STABLE YARD2 Chapter 2 II THE LIBRARY3 Chapter 3 III MISS HORN4 Chapter 4 IV KELPIE'S AIRING5 Chapter 5 V LIZZY FINDLAY6 Chapter 6 VI MR CRATHIE7 Chapter 7 VII BLUE PETER8 Chapter 8 VIII VOYAGE TO LONDON9 Chapter 9 IX LONDON STREETS10 Chapter 10 X THE TEMPEST11 Chapter 11 XI DEMON AND THE PIPES12 Chapter 12 XII A NEW LIVERY13 Chapter 13 XIII TWO CONVERSATIONS14 Chapter 14 XIV FLORIMEL15 Chapter 15 XV PORTLOSSIE16 Chapter 16 XVI ST JAMES THE APOSTLE17 Chapter 17 XVII A DIFFERENCE18 Chapter 18 XVIII LORD LIFTORE19 Chapter 19 XIX KELPIE IN LONDON20 Chapter 20 XX BLUE PETER21 Chapter 21 XXI MR GRAHAM22 Chapter 22 XXII RICHMOND PARK23 Chapter 23 XXIII PAINTER AND GROOM24 Chapter 24 XXIV A LADY25 Chapter 25 XXV THE PSYCHE26 Chapter 26 XXVI THE SCHOOLMASTER27 Chapter 27 XXVII THE PREACHER28 Chapter 28 XXVIII THE PORTRAIT29 Chapter 29 XXIX AN EVIL OMEN30 Chapter 30 XXX A QUARREL31 Chapter 31 XXXI THE TWO DAIMONS32 Chapter 32 XXXII A CHASTISEMENT33 Chapter 33 XXXIII LIES34 Chapter 34 XXXIV AN OLD ENEMY35 Chapter 35 XXXV THE EVIL GENIUS36 Chapter 36 XXXVI CONJUNCTIONS37 Chapter 37 XXXVII AN INNOCENT PLOT38 Chapter 38 XXXVIII THE JOURNEY39 Chapter 39 XXXIX DISCIPLINE40 Chapter 40 XL MOONLIGHT41 Chapter 41 XLI THE SWIFT42 Chapter 42 XLII ST RONAN'S WELL43 Chapter 43 XLIII A PERPLEXITY44 Chapter 44 XLIV THE MIND OF THE AUTHOR45 Chapter 45 XLV THE RIDE HOME46 Chapter 46 XLVI PORTLAND PLACE47 Chapter 47 XLVII PORTLOSSIE AND SCAURNOSE48 Chapter 48 XLVIII TORTURE49 Chapter 49 XLIX THE PHILTRE50 Chapter 50 L THE DEMONESS AT BAY51 Chapter 51 LI THE PSYCHE52 Chapter 52 LII HOPE CHAPEL53 Chapter 53 LIII A NEW PUPIL54 Chapter 54 LIV THE FEY FACTOR55 Chapter 55 LV THE WANDERER56 Chapter 56 LVI MID OCEAN57 Chapter 57 LVII THE SHORE58 Chapter 58 LVIII THE TRENCH59 Chapter 59 LIX THE PEACEMAKER60 Chapter 60 LX AN OFFERING61 Chapter 61 LXI THOUGHTS62 Chapter 62 LXII THE DUNE63 Chapter 63 LXIII CONFESSION OF SIN64 Chapter 64 LXIV A VISITATION65 Chapter 65 LXV THE EVE OF THE CRISIS66 Chapter 66 LXVI SEA67 Chapter 67 LXVII SHORE68 Chapter 68 LXVIII THE CREW OF THE BONNIE ANNIE69 Chapter 69 LXIX LIZZY'S BABY70 Chapter 70 LXX THE DISCLOSURE71 Chapter 71 LXXI THE ASSEMBLY72 Chapter 72 LXXII KNOTTED STRANDS