The Master of Aberfeldie, Volume 1 (of 3)

JAMES GRANT
AUTHOR OF THE ROMANCE OF WAR, THE CAMERONIANS, THE SCOTTISH CAVALIER, ETC. ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I.
LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1884.
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THE MASTER OF ABERFELDIE.
'I don't know what Olive will think, or how she may view my loitering here, after all these years of absence, instead of hastening home to meet her; but, truth to tell, the temptation to have a shot on the purple heather after sweltering so long in India was so great——'
'What does it matter what she thinks?' interrupted the elder man, laughing. 'When two persons are to spend the whole term of their natural lives together, they can surely spare a few days for pleasure apart!'
'But consider, I have not seen my little fiancée for seven years.'