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"No doubt he is," she said

I claspedfor home I did not want to come here"

"So, you have been exiled, have you?" she said I said nothing

"When were you ether in o," I said, my voice low

She rocked back in her chair "Ach, well, never mind, lass," she said "There are not e bed with our et there ombs still empty At least you are married now, and the child will not be a bastard"

My tears began to flow again "I long for h here, surely, and friends," she said "You will find plenty of corow contented Do not repine, lass, do not be sad You shall be safe and cared for here at Barraigh, until such ti"

I wiped my cheeks with my handkerchief "Thank you, Granny Moira," I whispered

"I shall have a talk with young Robbiebride must be cared for by her husband, however wild a man he may be-especially with his bairn in her"

I tried to s, but it was kind of her to say so

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Given a land grant by a king o, the first Ha man with no wife and no property He was successful as a planter, and had added s; he had married a Christian Creek woman and fathered several sons The rice plantation that was to becorandson Robert had increased the lands further Through Robert, who had no sons, the property had passed to Eugenia and Catherine, Cathy's and Robbie's mothers

Robert's two brothers Hamish and Charles had inherited the back country property in the Wateree District, which at the ti These two had raised cattle and sheep in thenot suited for rice cultivation They, too, had been quite successful, and their sons and grandsons had built ho hlands of Scotland