The Grey Man
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Crockett Samuel Rutherford. The Grey Man
CHAPTER I. THE OATH OF SWORDS
CHAPTER II. THE LASS OF THE WHITE TOWER
CHAPTER III. THE SECOND TAUNTING OF SPURHEEL
CHAPTER IV. THE INN ON THE RED MOSS
CHAPTER V. THE THROWING OF THE BLOODY DAGGER
CHAPTER VI. THE CROWN OF THE CAUSEWAY
CHAPTER VII. MY LADY'S FAVOURS
CHAPTER VIII. THE LAIRD OF AUCHENDRAYNE
CHAPTER IX. CARTEL OF CONTUMELY
CHAPTER X. SIR THOMAS OF THE TOP-KNOT
CHAPTER XI. SWORD AND SPIT
CHAPTER XII. THE FLITTING OF THE SOW
CHAPTER XIII. THE TRYST AT MIDNIGHT
CHAPTER XIV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GARDEN
CHAPTER XV. A MIDNIGHT LEAGUER
CHAPTER XVI. GREYBEARDS AND DIMPLE CHINS
CHAPTER XVII. THE CORBIES AT THE EAGLE'S NEST
CHAPTER XVIII. BAIRNS' PLAY
CHAPTER XIX. FIGHTING THE BEASTS
CHAPTER XX. THE SECRET OF THE CAIRD
CHAPTER XXI. MINE ANCIENT SWEETHEART
CHAPTER XXII. A MARRIAGE MADE IN HELL
CHAPTER XXIII. A GALLOWAY RAID
CHAPTER XXIV. THE SLAUGHTER IN THE SNOW
CHAPTER XXV. MARJORIE BIDS HER LOVE GOOD-NIGHT
CHAPTER XXVI. DAYS OF QUIET
CHAPTER XXVII. ON THE HEARTSOME HEATHER
CHAPTER XXVIII. WARM BACKS MAKE BRAW BAIRNS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE MURDER AMONG THE SANDHILLS
CHAPTER XXX. I SEEK FOR VENGEANCE
CHAPTER XXXI. THE BLUE BLANKET
CHAPTER XXXII. GREEK MEETS GREEK
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DEVIL IS A GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER XXXIV. IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY
CHAPTER XXXV. THE OGRE'S CASTLE
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DEFENCE OF CASTLE AILSA
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE VOICE OUT OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A RESCUE FROM THE SEA
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE CLEFT IN THE ROCK
CHAPTER XL. THE CAVE OF DEATH
CHAPTER XLI. THE WERE-WOLF OF BENERARD
CHAPTER XLII. ANE LOCHABER AIX GIED HIM HIS PAIKS
CHAPTER XLIII. THE MOOT HILL OF GIRVAN
CHAPTER XLIV. THE MURDER UPON THE BEACH
CHAPTER XLV. THE MAN IN THE WIDE BREECHES
CHAPTER XLVI. THE JUDGMENT OF GOD
CHAPTER XLVII. THE PLACE OF THE LEGION OF DEVILS
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE FINDING OF THE TREASURE OF KELWOOD
CHAPTER XLIX. THE GREAT DAY OF TRIAL
CHAPTER L. THE LAST OF THE GREY MAN
CHAPTER LI. MARJORIE'S GOOD-NIGHT
CHAPTER LII. HOME-COMING
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Now, as the manner is, I must make haste to tell something of myself and have by with it.
My name is Launcelot Kennedy, and I alone am the teller of this tale. In a country where all are Kennedies, friends and foes alike, this name of mine is no great head-mark. So 'Launcelot of the Spurs' I am called, or sometimes, by those who would taunt me, 'Launcelot Spurheel.' But for all that I come of a decent muirland house, the Kennedies of Kirrieoch, who were ever lovers of the Cassillis blue and gold – which are the royal colours of France, in memory of the ancient alliance – and ever haters of the red and white of Bargany, which we hold no better than butchers' colours, bloody and desolate.
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'It is a lie!' I said, angry that Nell Kennedy should guess so discomfortably near to the truth.
'What is a lie, most sweet and pleasant-spoken youth?' she queried, with a voice like Mistress Pussie's velvet paws.
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