Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North

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Вальтер Скотт. Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North

CERTAIN SMALL PHARAOHS THAT KNEW NOT JOSEPH

RED CAP TALES TOLD FROM WAVERLEY

THE FIRST TALE FROM "WAVERLEY"1

I. GOOD-BYE TO WAVERLEY-HONOUR

II. THE ENCHANTED CASTLE

III. THE BARON AND THE BEAR

THE FIRST INTERLUDE OF ACTION

THE SECOND TALE FROM "WAVERLEY"

I. THE CATTLE-LIFTING

II. THE ROBBER'S CAVE

THE SECOND INTERLUDE

THE THIRD TALE FROM "WAVERLEY"

I. THE CHIEF OF THE MAC-IVORS AND THE CHIEF'S SISTER

II. MISFORTUNES NEVER COME SINGLE

THE THIRD INTERLUDE—BEING MAINLY A FEW WORDS UPON HEROES

THE FOURTH TALE FROM "WAVERLEY"

HERE AND THERE AMONG THE HEATHER

INTERLUDE OF STICKING-PLASTER

THE FIFTH TALE FROM "WAVERLEY"

THE WHITE COCKADE

THE SIXTH TALE FROM "WAVERLEY"

BLACK LOOKS AND BRIGHT SWORDS

INTERLUDE OF BREVITY

THE LAST TALE FROM "WAVERLEY"

THE BARON'S SURPRISE

RED CAP TALES TOLD FROM GUY MANNERING

GUY MANNERING

A FIRST TALE FROM "GUY MANNERING"

I. WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY

INTERLUDE OF INTERROGATION

THE SECOND TALE FROM "GUY MANNERING"

I. HAPPY DOMINIE SAMPSON

II. DANDIE DINMONT

III. IN THE LION'S MOUTH

INTERLUDE OF LOCALITY

THE THIRD TALE FROM "GUY MANNERING"

THE RETURN OF DIRK HATTERAICK

THE FOURTH TALE FROM "GUY MANNERING"

THE FIGHT IN THE CAVE

INTERLUDE OF CONSULTATION

RED CAP TALES TOLD FROM ROB ROY

THE FIRST TALE FROM "ROB ROY"

FRANK THE HIGHWAYMAN

INTERLUDE OF DISCUSSION

THE SECOND TALE FROM "ROB ROY"

I. IN THE TOILS OF RASHLEIGH

II. ROB ROY AT LAST

III. THE BAILIE FIGHTS WITH FIRE

IV. THE DROWNING OF THE SPY

INTERLUDE OF EXPOSTULATION

THE THIRD TALE FROM "ROB ROY"

I. IN THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES

II. THE ESCAPE

III. THE DEATH OF RASHLEIGH

RED CAP TALES TOLD FROM THE ANTIQUARY

THE FIRST TALE FROM "THE ANTIQUARY"

I. THE MYSTERIOUS MR. LOVEL

II. THE NIGHT OF STORM

INTERLUDE OF WARNING

THE SECOND TALE FROM "THE ANTIQUARY"

I. LOVEL FIGHTS A DUEL

II. THE SEEKERS OF TREASURE

III. MISTICOT'S GRAVE

A QUITE SUPERFLUOUS INTERLUDE

THE THIRD TALE FROM "THE ANTIQUARY"

I. THE EARL'S SECRET

II. THE MOTHER'S VENGEANCE

III. THE HEIR OF GLENALLAN

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It was all Sweetheart's fault, and this is how it came about.

She and I were at Dryburgh Abbey, sitting quietly on a rustic seat, and looking toward the aisle in which slept the Great Dead. The long expected had happened, and we had made pilgrimage to our Mecca. Yet, in spite of the still beauty of the June day, I could see that a shadow lay upon our Sweetheart's brow.

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No little perplexed as to the meaning of all this, Edward was on his way to consult Fergus Mac-Ivor on the subject, when the latter advanced with an open newspaper in his hand.

"Do your letters," he asked, "confirm this unpleasant news?"

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