Category: Historical Novels
I. The Earl and the Queen II. The Weaponshaw III. The Handkerchief IV. The Leith Wynd Porte V. The Red Lion VI. The Earl of Morton VII. Morton turns Philanthropist VIII. John of Park IX. The Conflict in Hermitage Glen X. The Pit of Hermitage XI. Bothwell revives an Early Dream...
"As Heaven hears me, the spirit that once tenanted these poor remains was that of as brave a knight as ever rode to battle!" rejoined the page, with a sudden earnestness; for th...
4. Part 4From a nook, in which she had hitherto sat unseen, Anna had surveyed, with a terror which she could scarcely repress, the number of armed men who crowded the apartment. There wa...
9. Part 9"Now, God be with thee!" replied Bolton, frankly clapping him on the shoulder; "thou art a right cock o' the game. I love thy mood; and, if I can see thee well through this ugly...
13. Part 13In the antechamber of his apartment, a little room, hung with some of that rich arras which Mary had brought with her from France, she was seated with the young prince upon her...
11. Part 11On the day succeeding that we have mentioned, when the famous scene took place at the dial-stone in the royal garden, the lieutenant of the archers, watching a time when the ind...
10. Part 10The Earl instantly drew off his perfumed gloves, and led the Queen from the chair of state. The whole of the nobles rose, the archers of the guard drew back the heavy arras, the...
2. Part 2"None are so stupid as those who are resolved not to be otherwise," said the Earl, angrily. "Men die every day about us without ailing. Dost thou not understand me?"
12. Part 12"How many a giant project have I formed in secresy and solitude, when inspired alike by the ardour of youth and love, and here they end! Oh, Anna! dearly hath thy perfidy cost t...
1. Part 1I. The Earl and the Queen II. The Weaponshaw III. The Handkerchief IV. The Leith Wynd Porte V. The Red Lion VI. The Earl of Morton VII. Morton turns Philanthropist VIII. John of...
3. Part 3The Red Lion in St. Mary's Wynd was one of the most spacious and famous of the old Scottish hostellaries, and Adam Ainslie, the gudeman thereof, was as kindly a host as ever wel...
7. Part 7On Mary's return to Jedburgh, a severe cold, caught during this visit to Hermitage, ended in a fever, that was aggravated by a pain or constitutional weakness in her side, of wh...
5. Part 5Afar off, like a speck at the edge of the distant sea, a sail was visible, marking the faint line where sky and ocean blended into one; and Konrad gazed at it long and wistfully...
8. Part 8But our four gallants had sallied forth prepared for every emergency. Bothwell was completely mailed in the fashion of the time, all save the head, on which he wore a blue bonne...
14. Part 14The pulses of Konrad's enthusiastic heart rose and fell with the music; for he was borne away from himself on the stream of harmony that swept past him. The air resembled one th...