Mathew's Tale
“They were side by side in the family pew, where the old Laird had sat at his marriage a few days earlier. The pair were identically dressed and looked like bookends in search of a library.
Mathew’s place was five rows from the front, nearest the aisle, so that they could not fail so see him as they followed the coffin outside after the service, to the grave that was waiting for it within the Cleland plot. They were clad in black with velvet trim, both of them, but their expressions were those o...f mere participants rather than mourners.
These boys have not grown up, Mathew thought.
He had no sure notion of which twin was which, although the order in which they had been greeted by John Barclay led him to assume that Sir Gregor, the new baronet, was on the right. Neither gave any show of recognition as they passed him, although he fancied that the presumed Gavin’s blink and quick frown was a sign that a spark had been lit.
At the graveside, Mathew stood a few yards away, in an exclusively male crowd, alongside the Sheriff of Lanark, Robin Stirling.MoreLess
Mathew’s place was five rows from the front, nearest the aisle, so that they could not fail so see him as they followed the coffin outside after the service, to the grave that was waiting for it within the Cleland plot. They were clad in black with velvet trim, both of them, but their expressions were those o...f mere participants rather than mourners.
These boys have not grown up, Mathew thought.
He had no sure notion of which twin was which, although the order in which they had been greeted by John Barclay led him to assume that Sir Gregor, the new baronet, was on the right. Neither gave any show of recognition as they passed him, although he fancied that the presumed Gavin’s blink and quick frown was a sign that a spark had been lit.
At the graveside, Mathew stood a few yards away, in an exclusively male crowd, alongside the Sheriff of Lanark, Robin Stirling.MoreLess
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