The Angel of the Covenant: Memoirs of the Early Career of the Admiral James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose, K. G., Etc., Including the Strange True ... the Lady Katherine Graham (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Angel of the Covenant: Memoirs of the Early Career of the Admiral James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose, K. G., Etc., Including the Strange True History of His Sister, the Lady Katherine Graham

Being somewhat impatient to try my new toys I tramped on with all speed, while my blithesome Mistress Magdalen tripped and frisked by my side like a lambkin, - yea, and looked the same in her white furry hood and tippet. The ground rang hard as granite under our heels, the wind blew cold and stinging on my ears (magdalen's were happed up), and the low winter sun shining over the Torry hills so bleak and bare made the hoar-frost on grass and tree branch glister like dust of diamonds. We were thus hurry ing thro' the kirk-yard of St. Nicholas, being urged to greater Speed by already hearing from the Den Burn be low the dirl of the curling-stones on the ice and the whirr of the town-icons sliding in a row, - we were thus hasten ing on, I say, when a strange, humorsome, and entreating voice fell on my ear.

Hooly and fairly, bairns! Bide awee! What's the hurry The ice is nae like het kail: it winna spoil for waiting!

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