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Their leader, with several of his chief retainers, was afterwards beheaded at Stirling, and an assessment was imposed on the Killearns for behoof of the wives and children of the Grahams who had perished by their hands. The estate which he held, and which is situated near Comrie, still bears that name.
You can't read it, but it doesn't matter, he said; but Gladys, bending down, brushed the tall grass from the stone, and read the name, John Bourhill Graham of Bourhill, and his spouse, Nancy Millar. 'Whose names are these, uncle your father's and mother's? 'Oh no; they were not Grahams of Bourhill, he answered dryly. 'That's generations back. 'But the same family? 'I suppose so yes.
Jean would not admit to herself, even in her own room or in her own heart, that she was in love with Graham, and she was ready to say to herself that no marriage could be more preposterous than between a Cochrane and a Graham. It did not really matter to her whether he had been engaged or was going to be engaged to one Graham or twenty Grahams.
He looked more than once at the cheerful faces and the rosy glow of the fire, before he could convince himself that he was in truth here in Winchester, with all this comfort, even luxury, around him. Sitting next to him was a lady of middle age, Mrs. Howard, of prominence in the town and a great friend of the Grahams.
"I suppose they throw a good deal of light upon the history of the Grahams and the actions of the great Lord Glencardine?" "Yes; but I fear you'll find them very difficult to read," he remarked. "Not being able to see them for myself, alas! I had to send them to London to be deciphered." "And you still have the translations?" "Unfortunately, no, dear.
In the disgraceful transactions, by which it was agreed that Scotland should withdraw her troops from England upon the payment of four hundred thousand pounds, in full of all demands, the faithful Highland clans of the north and west, the Grahams, Macleans, Camerons, and many others, had no participation.
But there is so little harm done, considering what might have happened, that we have reason to be very thankful for every one on board." "You may imagine how much alarmed I was," continued Mrs. Wyllys; "for I happened to be sitting at my own window, which overlooks the river, you know, and I heard the noise and cries from the boat, and knew the Grahams were on board."
'Yes, I believe it is, he said. 'It must be true then, what we heard Duncan say, that Mrs. Macdonnell is very ill. Such a grieved silence fell upon the island young people that the Grahams looked at them inquiringly. 'They said that she would fall ill, said Marjorie in a low voice, 'if if she continued to fret so about
'Then will I send Sir Patrick with an escort to seek them at Nanci and bring them hither? 'Where is this same troop to come from? demanded Louis. 'Our own Scottish archers, who will see no harm befall my blessed father's daughters. 'Ha! say you so? I had heard a different story from Buchan, from the Grahams, the Halls. Revenge is sweet as your mother found it.
Fighting was in the blood of the Grahams, and when James, hereafter to be known as the 'great marquis of Montrose, was a little boy he loved to hear tales of the deeds of his ancestors, who had struck hard blows for the liberty of Scotland in days of old.
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