Kirsteen

A strong feeling against that family traitor rose up in Kirsteen's breast.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

Miss Jean was torn asunder between natural politeness and proper subjection to her superiors, and a still more natural partisanship, not to speak of the glance of fiery laughter in Kirsteen's eyes.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

That scene had always been associated in Kirsteen's mind with her sister's name, and something of the flicker of the dying candle was in the blowing about of the lights along the long range of the Trongate, above that babel of noises and ever shifting phantasmagoria of a great city.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

"She has grown up a fine girl," said the doctor looking at her with a professional glance and approving the youthful vigour and spirit which were perhaps more conspicuous in Kirsteen than delicacy of form and grace.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

But for him the ball, if indeed always an experience and a fine sight, would have left only a sting in Kirsteen's mind instead of the impression bitter-sweet which it had produced.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

The only feeling that ever marred for a moment the anticipation in Kirsteen's mind was a fear that when he came he might be wounded a little by this mantua-making episode.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

She would buy a carriage for her mother, and easy couches and down pillows and everything that heart could desire; and then when he came back – the tear rose again, but only to make brighter the triumphant smile in Kirsteen's eyes.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

There was a pause after this – indignation was strong in Kirsteen's heart, but there was also a natural piety which arrested her speech.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

"But may be," said Mary, "the other person will not be coming if Kirsteen is not here."

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

"Oh! come away, come away, I dare not face him," she said in Kirsteen's ear.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891