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EBook of Alec Forbes of Howglen, by George MacDonald
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Title: Alec Forbes of Howglen
Author: George MacDonald
Release Date: July 12, 2006 [EBook #18810]
Language: English
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ALEC FORBES OF HOWGLEN
BY
GEORGE MACDONALD LL.D.
NEW EDITION
CHAPTER I.
The farm-yard was full of the light of a summer noontide. Nothing can be so desolately dreary as full strong sunlight can be. Not a living creature was to be seen in all the square inclosure, though cow-houses and stables formed the greater part of it, and one end was occupied by a dwelling-house. Away through the gate at the other end, far off in fenced fields,