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Won by the Sword

CHAPTER XIV: JUST IN TIME
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You will have your own suite of apartments, where your meals will be served to you.
You will have horses to ride.

You will relieve my intendant of the necessity of seeing that the servants perform their duties, and give him more time to devote himself to the business of the estate, and will in fact act as chatelaine, save only in matters connected with the garrison in the defence of the castle." "Your offer is kind in the extreme, Colonel Campbell, but I could not accept it," she said.

"You are only inventing such an office in order to give a home to me and Norah." "I can assure you, madam, that the thought is not a new one to me--I have often wished that there was a lady in the castle.

One who would see after the wives and families of the vassals; and I should feel myself under a real obligation to you if you would fill the place.

You see, madam, it would cost me nothing, for food and drink there is in abundance.


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