# Adam Hepburn's Vow: A Tale of Kirk and Covenant

Author: Swan, Annie S., 1859-1943

Genre: Category: Historical Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46966

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Adam+Hepburn%27s+Vow%3A+A+Tale+of+Kirk+and+Covenant+Swan&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Towards the close of a bleak grey February afternoon, in the year 1638, a small party of travellers might have been seen approaching Edinburgh by the high road from Glasgow. It consisted of a sturdy brown pony, whereon sat a fair-faced, sunny-haired little girl, whose age could not have exceeded nine years; a bright-faced, bold-looking lad, walking at the animal's head, and having the bridle-rein hung loosely over his arm; and a middle-aged gentleman, whose aspect and attire proclaimed him a clergyman. He walked slowly, a little apart from the others, and his hands were clasped before him, and his eyes bent thoughtfully on the ground. He was a man somewhat past his prime, of a noble and m...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adam-hepburn-s-vow-a-tale-of-kirk-and-covenant-46966/chapters/1/index.md)