THE BRIDGE OF BROKEN HEARTS
PART II
XX. THE EASTERN ROAD
XXI. IN THE HEART OF THE HILLS
XXII. THE OUTPOSTS
XXIII. THE DINNER AT GALETTI'S
XXIV. THE TACTICS OP A CHIEF
XXV. MRS. LOGAN'S BALL
XXVI. FRIEND TO FRIEND
XXVII. THE ROAD TO FORZA
XXVIII. THE HILL-FORT
XXIX. The WAY TO NAZRI
XXX. EVENING IN THE HILLS
XXXI. EVENTS SOUTH OF THE BORDER
XXXII. THE BLESSING OF GAD
THE HALF-HEARTED
PART I
CHAPTER I
EVENING IN GLENAVELIN
From the heart of a great hill land Glenavelin stretches west and south
to the wider Gled valley, where its stream joins with the greater water
in its seaward course. Its head is far inland in a place of mountain
solitudes, but its mouth is all but on the lip of the sea, and salt
breezes fight with the flying winds of the hills. It is a land of green
meadows on the brink of heather, of far-stretching fir woods that climb
to the edge of the uplands and sink to the fringe of corn. Nowhere is
there any march between art and nature, for the place is in the main for
sheep, and the single road which threads the glen is little troubled
with cart and crop-laden wagon. Midway there is a stretch of wood and
garden around the House of Glenavelin, the one great dwelling-place in
the vale. But it is a dwelling and a little more, for the home of the
real lords of the land is many miles farther up the stream, in the
moorland house of Etterick, where the Avelin is a burn, and the hills
hang sharply over its source.
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