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Title: Macleod of Dare
Author: William Black
Release Date: April 8, 2005 [EBook #15587]
Language: English
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MACLEOD OF DARE.
BY
WILLIAM BLACK,
AUTHOR OF
"A PRINCESS OF THULE," "THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A PHAETON," "A DAUGHTER OF HETH," ETC., ETC.
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NEW YORK:
JOHN B. ALDEN, PUBLISHER,
1883.
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MACLEOD OF DARE.
CHAPTER I.
THE SIX BOYS OF DARE.
The sun had sunk behind the lonely western seas; Ulva, and Lunga, and the Dutchman's Cap had grown dark on the darkening waters; and the smooth Atlantic swell was booming along the sombre caves; but up here in Castle Dare, on the high and rocky coast of Mull, the great hall was lit with such a blaze of candles as Castle Dare had but rarely seen. And yet there did not seem to be any grand festivities going forward; for there were only three people seated at one end of the long and narrow table; and the banquet that the faithful Hamish had provided for them w