The Master of Ballantrae

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Роберт Льюис Стивенсон. The Master of Ballantrae

Contents

Introduction

Dedication

Preface

Summary of Events during the Master’s Wanderings

Summary of Events (continued)

The Master’s Wanderings

Persecutions Endured by Mr Henry

Account of All that Passed on the Night of February 27th, 1757

Summary of Events during the Master’s Second Absence

Adventure of Chevalier Burke in India

The Enemy in the House

Mr Mackellar’s Journey with the Master

Passages at New York

The Journey in the Wilderness

NARRATIVE OF THE TRADER, MOUNTAIN

The Journey in the Wilderness (continued)

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Introduction

Preface

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‘I have still one son,’ says he. ‘And, Henry, I will do you this justice—it is the kinder that is left.’

It was a strange thing to say in such a moment; but my lord had never forgotten Mr Henry’s speech, and he had years of injustice on his conscience. Still it was a strange thing, and more than Miss Alison could let pass. She broke out and blamed my lord for his unnatural words, and Mr Henry because he was sitting there in safety when his brother lay dead, and herself because she had given her sweetheart ill words at his departure, calling him the flower of the flock, wringing her hands, protesting her love, and crying on him by his name—so that the servants stood astonished.

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