THE SEABOARD PARISH
BY GEORGE MAC DONALD, LL.D.
VOL. II.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
I. [ANOTHER SUNDAY EVENING]
II. [NICEBOOTS]
III. [THE BLACKSMITH]
IV. [THE LIFE-BOAT]
V. [MR. PERCIVALE]
VI. [THE SHADOW OF DEATH]
VII. [AT THE FARM]
VIII. [THE KEEVE]
IX. [THE WALK TO CHURCH]
X. [THE OLD CASTLE]
XI. [JOE AND HIS TROUBLE]
XII. [A SMALL ADVENTURE]
XIII. [THE HARVEST]
CHAPTER I.
ANOTHER SUNDAY EVENING.
In the evening we met in Connie's room, as usual, to have our talk. And this is what came out of it.
The window was open. The sun was in the west. We sat a little aside out of the course of his radiance, and let him look full into the room. Only Wynnie sat back in a dark corner, as if she would get out of his way. Below him the sea lay bluer than you could believe even when you saw it—blue with a delicate yet deep silky blue, the exquisiteness of which was thrown up by the brilliant white lines of its lapping on the high coast, to the northward. We had just sat down, when Dora broke out with—