The Days of Bruce

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Excerpt from The Days of Bruce: A Story From Scottish History A large' and antique volume of Norse legends rested on his knee, which, in a rich manly voice, he was reading aloud to his companion, diversifying his lecture with remarks arid explanations, which, from1 the happy smiles and earnest attention of the maiden, appeared to impart the pleasure intended by the speaker. The other visible inhabitant of the apartment was a noble-looking boy of about fifteen, far less steadily employed than his companions, for at one time he was poisingl a! Heavy lance, and throwing himself into the various attitudes of a finished warrior, at others brandishing a two-h'anded sword, Somewhat taller than hima self, then glancing over the shoulder: of his sister - for so nearly was he connected with the maiden, though the raven curls, the bright ¿ashing eye of jet, and darker skin ap peared to forswear such near relationship - criticising her embroidery, and then transferring his scrutiny to the strange figures on the gorgeously-illuminated manuscript and then for a longer period listemng, as it were, irresistibly to the wild legends which that deep voice was so melodiously pourmg forth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.