Flemington And Tales From Angus
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Violet Jacob. Flemington And Tales From Angus
FLEMINGTON. TALES FROM ANGUS
Contents
TALES FROM ANGUS
Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
‘Thievie’
The Disgracefulness of Auntie Thompson
The Debatable Land
The Fiddler
A Middle-Aged Drama
Annie Cargill
The Watch-Tower
The Figurehead
Euphemia
The Overthrow of Adam Pitcaithley
The Lum Hat. I
II
III
IV1
V
VI
The Fifty-Eight Wild Swans
The Yellow Dog
Anderson
Notes
FLEMINGTON
Contents
Introduction
NOTES
Prologue
Jetsam
A Coach-and-Five
Business
‘The Happy Land’
In Darkness and in Light
Treachery
The Heavy Hand
‘Toujours de l’Audace’
Adrift
The Guns of Montrose
Inchbrayock
The Interested Spectator
In Search of Sensation
Wattie has Theories
The Two Ends of the Line
Society
Balnillo finds Perfection
The Winter
The Parting of the Ways
Huntly Hill
Huntly Hill (continued)
The Muir of Pert
The Vanity of Men
A Royal Duke
The Vanishing Bird
Epilogue
Notes
Glossary
Other Books by Violet Jacob
Acknowledgments
Note on the Text
Author’s Note
About the Author
Copyright
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