In the dark I could hear Granny chuckling. "You're a daft bit lassie at times, Maggie. Why can't you be content to let things be and wait and see what hapens? All this fuss about moving on to the next thing!"
I kissed her. Somehow, in that moment, I had made up my mind what I would say to James. I daresay it was a result of all the general milling around in my brain that had gone on, and in my heart, too. For although I do like to play at being hard-bitten, that bit of me does work.
Maggie McKinley and James Fraser had planned this summer trip with care. They would bycycle north to the lonely glen where Maggie's gret-great-grandmother had come from. Over a hundred years before, the old woman had been expelled from her cottage in the notorious Clearances of the 1840's. Magge had heard many stories of the grim experience, and she identified with her ancestress. She wanted to see the beautiful glen for herself.
But the trip did not go as planned. They ran into two Canadian boys on the same errand, and James was jealous. Then Maggie lost her granmother's precious cairngorn brooch, and James vanished in the mist.
James was rescued in time, but the experiance had changed him. Now he wanted to own Maggie, to seal the bond between them for good. And Maggie was caught, forced to make the most momentous decision of her life.
Joan Lingard continues her story of two young Scots from different levels of society who met and fell in love because of a link with the past. In the past Maggie had helped her family adjust to new ways of doing things. The pilgrimage tells how she makes adjustments for herself.
I kissed her. Somehow, in that moment, I had made up my mind what I would say to James. I daresay it was a result of all the general milling around in my brain that had gone on, and in my heart, too. For although I do like to play at being hard-bitten, that bit of me does work.
Maggie McKinley and James Fraser had planned this summer trip with care. They would bycycle north to the lonely glen where Maggie's gret-great-grandmother had come from. Over a hundred years before, the old woman had been expelled from her cottage in the notorious Clearances of the 1840's. Magge had heard many stories of the grim experience, and she identified with her ancestress. She wanted to see the beautiful glen for herself.
But the trip did not go as planned. They ran into two Canadian boys on the same errand, and James was jealous. Then Maggie lost her granmother's precious cairngorn brooch, and James vanished in the mist.
James was rescued in time, but the experiance had changed him. Now he wanted to own Maggie, to seal the bond between them for good. And Maggie was caught, forced to make the most momentous decision of her life.
Joan Lingard continues her story of two young Scots from different levels of society who met and fell in love because of a link with the past. In the past Maggie had helped her family adjust to new ways of doing things. The pilgrimage tells how she makes adjustments for herself.
