Catriona Chapter 3 - I Go to Pilrig

In which a young gentleman, resolved to act with honour and justice, sets out through Edinburgh’s streets and countryside, his thoughts heavy with prophecy and the grim sight of justice served upon gibbets, towards an appeal that may shape his fate. At the house of a cautious yet learned cousin, he secures a letter of introduction, prepared with measured words and grave hesitation, to support his delicate and perilous undertaking on behalf of justice and loyalty.