EPISODE · Mar 23, 2026 · 13 MIN
Guy Mannering Volume I - Chapter V
from The Walter Scott Library · host Sir Walter Scott
In which our protagonist contemplates the lively and somewhat lawless commerce of the coast, exemplified by the daring Captain Hatteraick and the ever-hospitable, though irked, Laird of Ellangowan, whose country grievances are aired with a mixture of good-nature and pettish vexation. Amidst these rustic scenes and superstitions, the traveller discreetly entrusts a mysterious paper to the Laird, resolving to shield its contents from premature scrutiny as he takes his leave and the narrative turns to events of a later day.
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In which our protagonist contemplates the lively and somewhat lawless commerce of the coast, exemplified by the daring Captain Hatteraick and the ever-hospitable, though irked, Laird of Ellangowan, whose country grievances are aired with a mixture of good-nature and pettish vexation. Amidst these rustic scenes and superstitions, the traveller discreetly entrusts a mysterious paper to the Laird, resolving to shield its contents from premature scrutiny as he takes his leave and the narrative turns to events of a later day.
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Guy Mannering Volume I - Chapter V
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