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Updated: June 29, 2025
And Shenac Bhan listened and joined, seemingly much interested, but wondering all the time why she did not care a pin about it all.
"Shenac Dhu, my dear," said her aunt in a tone of vexation, "don't say such foolish things, and put nonsense into the head of a child like our Shenac." "Well, I won't, aunt; indeed I dare not," said Shenac Dhu, laughing, as at that moment Shenac Bhan came in. "Shenac, what kept you?" said her mother fretfully. "Your dinner is cold. See, Dan has finished his."
"May I?" said Shenac Dhu a little wistfully. "Well, I will," she added, laughing. "But, Shenac, I cannot help it. I am surprised that Allister should turn out a rich man. He is far too good for the like of that. But there is one good thing come out of it my father has got quit of the land. You can never cast that up again, Shenac Bhan." Shenac Bhan's cheek was crimsoned.
"What aileth thee, Shenac Bhan, bonny Shenac, Shenac the farmer, Shenac the fair? Wherefore rests the shadow on thy brow, and the look of sadness in thine azure eyes?" Hamish had been reading to them Gaelic Ossian, and Shenac Dhu had caught up the manner of the poem, and spoke in a way that made them all laugh.
For indeed there was no cause for tears, said Shenac Bhan; and indeed she was very foolish to cry, said Allister though there were tears in his own eyes; and as for Shenac Bhan, the tears did not stay in her eyes, but ran down over her face and fell on the soft black braids of the other Shenac's bowed head; for joy will make tears fall as well as sorrow sometimes, and joy and sorrow mingled is the source of these.
"Next year I'll weave it myself," said Shenac, coming back again. "You need not laugh, Shenac Dhu. You'll see." "Yes, I daresay. And where will you get your loom?" And Shenac Dhu put up both hands and made-believe to cut her hair. Shenac Bhan shook her head at her. "I can learn to weave; you'll see. Anybody can learn anything if they try," said Shenac.
A heavy summer shower was falling, and all the boys had taken refuge from it in the house, and there were noise and confusion for a time. "I want Christie to come into the barn and see our wool," said Shenac Bhan at last, when the shower was over. "And, Shenac dark Shenac, doleful Shenac you are to stay and keep the lads in order till we come back." Shenac Dhu made a face, but let them go.
She would speak of the coming home of Allister as certain and near at hand, and she would tell of all that was to be done and said, of the house that he was to build, and of the gowns that Shenac Bhan was to wear, while her aunt would listen contentedly for a while. And when the old shadow came back, and the old moan rose, she would just begin and go over it all again.
They say John has a trick of forgetting things sometimes. You might need me for a witness." Shenac Bhan laughed and shook her head. "There's no need. Go on to Mary's, and tell her I am coming. I shall not be long."
The two cousins bore the same name, Angus MacIvor; but they were not at all alike either in appearance or character. The one was fair, with light hair and bright blue eyes; and because of this he was called Angus Bhan, or Angus the fair, to distinguish him from his cousin, who was very dark.
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