Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...I know not: but there cannot be question that Gutterness meaneth no other than Walter's headland. Thereunto Hogmire determined to transfer himself--having a'wholesome fear of Paul Veryan. There are two ways of getting from Tosseth to Gutterness. You can go round the bay: but then it is about five and twenty miles, and a most confoundedly hilly road. You can go across the sands: but you must take care to start at the right time, for when the tide rises it comes up faster than a Derby winner could gallop--and besides, there are quicksands. But then it is only about two miles and a half. Hogmire, having made inquiry of the landlord, decided to cross the sands. Have you forgotten Grant, gentle reader--the handsome young fellow whom Paul Veryan met at Caprice, and immediately set down as a lover of Lady Lucy's? I hope not. He is too good a fellow to be forgotten; though he is too young yet (and perhaps too good-looking) to have any definite character. Oddly enough, he started to ride from Gutterness to Tosseth on the very morning that Hogmire started to walk from Tosseth to Gutterness. Grant rode along the sands quietly, smoking as he rode. He was a young Ulysses, you know. He had yachted with Thorold, and drunk in multitudinous changes of scenery. He beheld, on his left hand, the long curve of green coast--with village, hamlet, mansion--with delicious alternations of woodland and cliff. He beheld, on his right hand, the long wide sweep of waves, moving forward stealthily yet with more than Atalanta's swiftness. He beheld, in front of him, many forms of advancing life--a stage coach with four horses, several waggons, farmers' daughters going to market, tramps going to the devil, and much else of a diversified kind. Among other figures he perceived a stout person...
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