She gave him some rather needful information about the family; and he soon perceived that there would have been less peace in the house but for her good temper and good sense.
Lady Arctura was the daughter of the last lord Morven, and left sole heir to the property; Forgue and his brother Davie were the sons of the present earl.

The present lord was the brother of the last, and had lived with him for some years before he succeeded.

He was a man of peculiar and studious habits; nobody ever seemed to take to him; and since his wife's death, his health had been precarious.

Though a strange man, he was a just if not generous master.

His brother had left him guardian to lady Arctura, and he had lived in the castle as before.