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THE
BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR.
CHAPTER I.
Was ever woman in this humour wooed?—
Was ever woman in this humour won?—
I'll have her.
Richard the Third.
Twelve months had past away since the Master of Ravenswood's departure for the continent, and, although his return to Scotland had been expected in a much shorter space, yet the affairs of his mission, or, according to a prevailing report, others of a nature personal to himself, still detained him abroad. In the mean time, theal ered state of affairs in Sir William Ashton's fami-
