Chapter 24 No.24

We twa hae wandered o'er the braes,

And pu'ed the gowans fine;

I've wandered many a weary foot

Sin auld lang syne.

These years had passed quietly at Stoneborough, with little change since Mary's marriage. She was the happy excellent wife that she was made to be; and perhaps it was better for Ethel that the first severance had been so de