, which is your conduct in leaving a place of worship in
such an . . . unladylike fashion."

"What?" for this was new talk from her father.

"As no Carnegie ought to have done. You have forgotten yourself and
your house, and there is just one thing for you to do, and the sooner
the better."

"Father, I 'll never look at him again . . . and after that evening at
Dr. Davidson's, and our talking . . . about Queen Mary, and . . . lots
of things."

"Whether you meet Mr. Carmichael again or not is your own affair, but
this touches us both, and you . . . must write a letter of apology."

"And if I don't?" said Kate, defiantly.

"Then I shall write one myself for you. A Carnegie must not insult any
man, be he one faith or the other, and offer him no amends."

So Donald handed in this letter at the Free Kirk Manse that evening,
and left without an answer.

TOCHTY LODGE.

SIR,--Your violent and insolent attack on a martyred Queen caused me to
lose self-control in your church to-day, and I was unable to sit longer
under such language.

It has been pointed out to me that I ought not to have left church as I
did, and I hereby express regret.

The books you were so good as to lend me I have sent back by the
messenger.--Yours truly,

CATHERINE CARNEGIE.

When Carmichael called next day, Donald informed him with unconcealed
satisfaction that Lord Hay was lunching with the family, and that the
General and Miss Carnegie were going to Muirtown Castle to-morrow for a
visit; but Janet had not lost hope.

"Do not be taking this to heart, my dear, for I will be asking a
question. What will be making Miss Kate so very angry? it is not every
man she would be minding, though he spoke against Queen Mary all the
day. When a woman does not care about a man she will not take the
trouble to be angry. That is what I am thinking; and it is not Lord
Hay that has the way, oh no, though he be a proper man and good at
shooting."

CHAPTER XVIII.

LOVE SICKNESS.

College friends settled in petty lowland towns, and meeting Carmichael
on sacramental occasions, affected to pity him, inquiring curiously
what were his means of conveyance after the railway ceased, what time a
letter took to reach him, whether any foot ever crossed his door from
October to May, whether the great event of the week was not the arrival
of the bread cart. Those were exasperating gibes from men who could
not take a walk without coming on a coal pi