# The 'Scots Brigade,' and other tales

Author: Grant, James, 1822-1887

Genre: Category: Historical Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72700

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+%27Scots+Brigade%2C%27+and+other+tales+Grant&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

'Certainly not, boy; do you take me for a fool--der Duyvel!' was the snappish rejoinder, as the General tossed his silver-mounted meerschaum on the table, and thrust his chair back on the polished oak floor, 'I have suspected you for some time past, and know, from old experience, that a young fellow in love is lost to the service and himself; among women he is as helpless as a rudderless ship among the thousand shoals of the Zuyder Zee! You are my heir, as you know, provided your conduct and obedience satisfy me. I am rich enough for both of us, and I had begun to hope that, like me, you would go through the world without the encumbrance of a wife. I shall not see you make a fool of yours...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scots-brigade-and-other-tales-72700/chapters/5/index.md)