Bride of Lammermoor Chapter X

In which the seasoned and wary Caleb Balderstone devises a cunning stratagem to exclude an unruly band of huntsmen from the ancient castle of Wolf’s Crag, whilst the Master of Ravenswood receives unexpected guests whose arrival stirs uneasy feelings and old hatreds amid the gathering storm. The evening unfolds with the tension of feudal enmity momentarily softened under the roof of the declining family seat, even as the castle itself seems to echo ominous forebodings with thunder and lightning.