Excerpt from Return: A Story of the Sea Islands in 1739 An orphaned heiress, proud, insolent, overbear ing, she gloried in the name of the cruelest jilt, the most heartless coquette, of all the region round. To-day she was to wed a Scotchman who claimed kin with the semi-royal house of Argyle, Archie Cameron, a man double her years, and with a record of gallantries to daunt any woman. He had brought to Charles Town letters to promi nent families, a pocketful of money, and a bearing the most debonair; had played high and ...
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Excerpt from Return: A Story of the Sea Islands in 1739 An orphaned heiress, proud, insolent, overbear ing, she gloried in the name of the cruelest jilt, the most heartless coquette, of all the region round. To-day she was to wed a Scotchman who claimed kin with the semi-royal house of Argyle, Archie Cameron, a man double her years, and with a record of gallantries to daunt any woman. He had brought to Charles Town letters to promi nent families, a pocketful of money, and a bearing the most debonair; had played high and lost cheer fully, drunk deep and carried his liquor easily; and was hero of one or two tales which were told in clubs and tap-rooms, and of which expurgated ver sions were retailed to the more indulgent wives. In short, he showed himself a man of fashion according to the eighteenth century standard and a bold, dashing blade as well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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