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for the reader to acquiesce without a protest in the

conduct of Angela Tempest after her wedding. It is all very fine to be married to an impoverished Scottish laird in Scottish fashion on the hillside and to propose to lead the simple life with him in his little house. But as the laird is almost ruined, and is contemplating with terror a possible forced sale of his estate, it seems a little unkind of his bride to conceal from him the fact that she herself is a great heiress and could save his old home for him without feeling it in the least. The account of the life of these young people is very prettily given, and the whole book is written with great freshness and not a little sentiment.