Braelands

"Braelands," he said, when they were alone, "I have something to say which you must take into your consideration before you leave Scotland.

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

If she went direct to Braelands, and Archie happened to be out of the house, Madame would say such things of her before every one as could never be unsaid.

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

"This is a queer-like thing about Braelands and his wife," said one.

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

With this barrier between Archie and herself, how could she go to Braelands?

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

Braelands, she judged his love, passionate as it was, did not ring true through all its depths.

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

Then there was a conclave in Janet's house, and every one told a different version of the Braelands trouble.

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

Then Sophy seized her opportunity, and Miss Kilgour left them alone for the explanation that was better to be made there than at Braelands.

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

So, with a smile of derision, Braelands turned his back on the women, walking with an affected deliberation which by no means hid the white feather from the laughing, jeering fisher-wives who came to their door at Janet's call for them, and whose angry mocking followed him until he was out of sight and hearing.

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

She began to visit Braelands less and less frequently, and, when reproached for her remissness, said, "Archie was now a widower, and she did not wish people to think she was running after him;" and her manner was so cold and conventional that Madame could only look at her in amazement.

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

In a hundred ways the young wife felt her inability to cope with a woman so wise and so wicked, and she had finally begun to entreat Archie to take her away from Braelands.

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875