The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
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On a certain afternoon, in the late springtime, the bell upon Tunstall Moat House was heard ringing at an unaccustomed hour. Far and near, in the forest and in the fields along the river, people began to desert their labours and hurry towards the sound; and in Tunstall hamlet a group of poor countryfolk stood wondering at the summons. Tunstall hamlet at that period, in the reign of old King Henry VI., wore much the same appearance as it wears to-day. A score or so of houses, heavily framed with oak, stood scattered in a long green valley ascending from the river. At the foot, the road crossed ...
Chapters (17)
- The Master of Ballantrae A Winter’s Tale
- To Sir Percy Florence and Lady Shelley
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I. SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING THIS MASTER’S WANDERINGS.
- CHAPTER II. SUMMARY OF EVENTS (continued)
- CHAPTER III. THE MASTER’S WANDERINGS.
- CHAPTER IV. PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY MR. HENRY.
- CHAPTER V. ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.
- CHAPTER VI. SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING THE MASTER’S SECOND ABSENCE.
- CHAPTER VII. ADVENTURE OF CHEVALIER BURKE IN INDIA.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE ENEMY IN THE HOUSE.
- CHAPTER IX. MR. MACKELLAR’S JOURNEY WITH THE MASTER.
- CHAPTER X. PASSAGES AT NEW YORK.
- CHAPTER XI. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS.
- NARRATIVE OF THE TRADER, MOUNTAIN.
- CHAPTER XII. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS (continued).
- Footnotes.
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