Teen

Catriona

Adapted from Catriona (1893) by Robert Louis Stevenson

public-domain English text; newly written adaptation

Status: Ongoing
Length: 6 chapters so far · 5 scenesAbout 23 min published so far
Rating: TeenNo explicit content
Author: netfable official

You are David Balfour, two days removed from rags and a murder charge, now rich and still trying to clear James Stewart's name in the Appin affair.

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A sudden shower and a squad of soldiers put you beside Catriona Drummond, watching her father James More marched off under guard. Introductions turn into alliance: her father cares only that you have money now, and Lord Prestongrange wants it delivered to him alone, tonight, before anyone else can shape it.

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On August twenty-fifth, 1751, you left the British Linen Company a landed laird.

A bank porter carried your bag of gold through an Edinburgh black with high houses.

Bank PorterPlain clothes suit new fortune better than a coat that asks questions.

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Take me to Appin's agent before the authorities see me.

I should call on Lord Prestongrange openly.

First I need clothes that do not advertise a fugitive.

Catriona

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