Marion Leslie; A Story
by Patrick Beaton (9781150571299)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1863 Original Publisher: Hurst Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 55 CHAPTER III. Ninian, after two days, was removed to his father's cottage. The injuries he had received the night of the fire were more serious than was imagined, and resulted in a sharp attack of fever, which confined him to his bed for about a fortnight. Owing to the skilful treatment of the doctor, his face was not disfigured, and he was comforted with the assurance that he would soon be as well as ever. Stormy Jack was proud of the achievements of his son, and received, with quiet complacency, the congratulations of his comrades on his bravery. He confessed to his wife that he was beginning to fear that Ninian's studies had softened his mind, and deprived him of that hardy and daring courage for which the Kynochs had always been noted; his recent conduct had reassured him, and convinced him that hewas worthy of the name he bore, and the character he had earned in early youth. Mrs. Kynoch's imagination was excited by the fact of her son having saved the life of a nobleman; she thought that he was now certain to receive a presentation to some eligible charge, as soon as he was licensed. Her ambition did not extend beyond this, the great desire of her life being to live to see Ninian " shak' his pow in a poopit," as she quaintly expressed it. Alice said little, but she sat by his bedside like a ministering angel, and by a thousand little acts of kindness, such as a woman alone can perform, alleviated his sufferings, and relieved the tedium of the sick-room. She read to him from his favourite authors, cooled his brow, and often prayed by his bedside. There was a closer...

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