Catriona Chapter 9 - The Heather on Fire

In which the narrator finds himself beset by sinister plots and distrusts the authorities who claim to support his cause, leading him to seek counsel from the astute and fiery Stewart the Writer. Amidst whispered conspiracies and the shadow of imminent danger, he is counselled to vanish until the moment is ripe, while the fate of his kinsman hangs perilously in the balance.