The Heart of Mid-Lothian Volume 1 Chapter 10

In which the gentle bloom of St. Leonard’s is depicted in the person of fair Effie Deans, whose spirited youth and innocent gaiety are shadowed by the strict and earnest care of her sister and father, setting a scene of domestic affection and the perilous freedoms of youthful dalliance. The quietude of her rural abode is then disturbed by a summons of justice that brings dire consequences, casting a heavy gloom over the household and marking the close of a tranquil chapter.