Rob Roy Volume 1 Chapter 16

In which the tender and complex relations between Frank Osbaldistone and Miss Vernon are delicately sketched amidst the shadow of concealed dangers and anxious counsels, revealing a mixture of affection, suspicion, and honourable restraint. The confidences exchanged in the seclusion of the library betray both the peril lurking in Frank’s paternal affairs and the secret weight that binds the lady, compelling a resolution that promises to unmask the mysteries entwining their fates.