Walter Scott,
The Fair Maid of Perth — Chapter XXXVI
(1828)
“ The glee woman hastened to do as she was ordered, and Conachar's half frenzied spirit seemed relieved by her absence. "Catharine," he said, "now she is gone, I will say I know thee — I know thy love of peace and hatred of war. But hearken; I have, rather than strike a blow at my enemy, given up all that a man calls dearest: I have lost honour, fame, and friends, and such friends! ”
Walter Scott,
The Fair Maid of Perth — Chapter XXXVI
(1828)
“ On the next morning, which was that of the memorable Palm Sunday, she ordered Catharine Glover and the minstrel into her presence. The spirits of both the young women had been much sunk and shaken by the dreadful scenes in which they had so lately been engaged; and the outward appearance of the Duchess Marjory was, like that of her father, more calculated to inspire awe than confidence. ”
Walter Scott,
The Fair Maid of Perth — Chapter XXXVI
(1828)
“ Catharine sighed deeply and shook her head at the history of bloody Palm Sunday on the North Inch. But apparently she had reflected that men rarely advance in civilisation or refinement beyond the ideas of their own age, and that a headlong and exuberant courage, like that of Henry Smith, was, in the iron days in which they lived, preferable to the deficiency which had led to Conachar's catastrophe. ”
