Kilmeny of the Orchard

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

To my cousin
Beatrice A. McIntyre
this book
is affectionately dedicated

"Kilmeny looked up with a lovely grace,
But nae smile was seen on Kilmeny's face;
As still was her look, and as still was her ee,
As the stillness that lay on the emerant lea,
Or the mist that sleeps on a waveless sea.
...........Such beauty bard may never declare,
For there was no pride nor passion there;
...........Her seymar was the lily flower,
And her cheek the moss-rose in the shower;
And her voice like the distant melodye
That floats along the twilight sea."

—The Queen's Wake

JAMES HOGG

Contents

I.	The Thoughts of Youth
II.	A Letter of Destiny
III.	The Master of Lindsay School
IV.	A Tea Table Conversation
V.	A Phantom of Delight
VI.	The Story of Kilmeny
VII.	A Rose of Womanhood
VIII.	At the Gate of Eden
IX.	The Straight Simplicity of Eve
X.	A Troubling of the Waters
XI.	A Lover and His Lass
XII.	A Prisoner of Love
XIII.	A Sweeter Woman Ne'er Drew Breath
XIV.	In Her Selfless Mood
XV.	An Old, Unhappy, Far-off Thing
XVI.	David Baker's Opinion
XVII.	A Broken Fetter
XVIII.	Neil Gordon Solves His Own Problem
XIX.	Victor from Vanquished Issues