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Updated: May 13, 2025
They came upon the Greek temple on the cliff-side, and paused there to rest, for a few minutes. It was too cold to linger long under the slender columns. They walked on, till they came in sight of the bare little church of Ballochcoil. The Professor instinctively turned to compare the two buildings. "The contrast between them is so extraordinary!" he exclaimed.
In fact," Hadria added with a laugh, "it's as if the trainer of that troop of performing poodles that we saw, the other day, at Ballochcoil, were to assure the spectators that the amiable animals were inspired, from birth, by a heaven-implanted yearning to jump through hoops, and walk about on their hind legs " "But there are such things as natural instincts," said Ernest.
Trevelyan, brought the season round again to autumn, before Algitha was able to make her final preparations for departure. "Do try and reconcile them to the idea," she said to her sister, as they stood on the platform of Ballochcoil station, very white and wretched-looking. "It breaks my heart to see father look so fixed and angry, and mother so miserable. I am not going away for ever.
"I hope you will take some tea; if you have walked far to-day, you must be cold and in need of something to eat." "Oh no, no, thank you," returned the visitor; "I ought to be getting back to Ballochcoil to-night." "To Ballochcoil!" exclaimed mother and daughter in simultaneous dismay. "But it is nearly seven miles off, and the sun is down. You can't get back to-night on foot."
In questions of philosophy, she had imbibed his tenets unmodified, and though she went regularly every Sunday to the close little Scottish church at Ballochcoil, she had no more respect than her husband had, for the doctrines that were preached there. "No doubt it is all superstition and nonsense," she used to say, "but in this country, one can't afford to fly in the face of prejudice.
"I shall test you," he said. And on that same day, he walked into Ballochcoil, and when he returned, he offered her, with a solemn twinkle in his eye, a good-sized paper bag of the seductive sweetmeat; taking up his position on the top of a low dyke, and watching her, while she proceeded to make of that plump white bag, a lank and emaciated bag, surprising to behold.
"Heredity may be a powerful friend, or a bitter enemy, according as we treat her," he said. "Then our sex must have treated her very badly!" cried Miss Du Prel. "Or our sex must have obliged yours to treat her badly, which comes to the same thing," said the Professor. They had agreed to take a walk by the river, towards Ballochcoil.
As the lady had stopped short, Hadria supposed that she had lost her way, and wished to make some enquiries. "Can I direct you, or give you any assistance?" she asked, after a second's pause. "Oh, thank you, you are very kind. I have come over from Ballochcoil to explore the country. I have been trying to find out the history of the old houses of the district.
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