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Rae was of the same humble origin, "you know, he is thoroughly respectable and all that, but of no ah social or family standing; that is oh, you understand." "Quite," said Mr. Rae drily. "Yes, I shall see him," continued the Captain briskly. "I shall certainly see him. It is a good suggestion. Sir Archibald knows my family; indeed, his father was from the Erracht region.
For she remembered ever the gentle airs and the high-bred, stately grace of Mary Robertson, for though married to Captain Cameron of Erracht, Mary Robertson she continued to be to the Glen folk, the lady of her ancestral manor, now for five years lain under the birch trees yonder by the church tower that looked out from its clustering firs and birches on the slope beyond the loch.
For the Captain held himself in high esteem; not simply for his breeding, which was of the Camerons of Erracht; nor for his manners, which were of the most courtly, if occasionally marred by fretfulness; nor for his dress, which was that of a Highland gentleman, perfect in detail and immaculate, but for his many and public services rendered to the people, the county, and the nation.
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