{"product_id":"2940013106437","title":"Kidnapped Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     CHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I          I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS\u003cbr\u003e     II         I COME TO MY JOURNEY'S END\u003cbr\u003e     III        I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE\u003cbr\u003e     IV         I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS\u003cbr\u003e     V          I GO TO THE QUEEN'S FERRY\u003cbr\u003e     VI         WHAT BEFELL AT THE QUEEN'S FERRY\u003cbr\u003e     VII        I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG \"COVENANT\" OF DYSART\u003cbr\u003e     VIII       THE ROUND-HOUSE\u003cbr\u003e     IX         THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD\u003cbr\u003e     X          THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE\u003cbr\u003e     XI         THE CAPTAIN KNUCKLES UNDER\u003cbr\u003e     XII        I HEAR OF THE \"RED FOX\"\u003cbr\u003e     XIII       THE LOSS OF THE BRIG\u003cbr\u003e     XIV        THE ISLET\u003cbr\u003e     XV         THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: THROUGH THE ISLE OF MULL\u003cbr\u003e     XVI        THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: ACROSS MORVEN\u003cbr\u003e     XVII       THE DEATH OF THE RED FOX\u003cbr\u003e     XVIIII     TALK WITH ALAN IN THE WOOD OF LETTERMORE\u003cbr\u003e     XIX        THE HOUSE OF FEAR\u003cbr\u003e     XX         THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE ROCKS\u003cbr\u003e     XXI        THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE HEUGH OF CORRYNAKIEGH\u003cbr\u003e     XXII       THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE MOOR\u003cbr\u003e     XXIII      CLUNY'S CAGE\u003cbr\u003e     XXIV       THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE QUARREL IN BALQUHIDDER\u003cbr\u003e     XXVI       END OF THE FLIGHT: WE PASS THE FORTH\u003cbr\u003e     XXVII      I COME TO MR. RANKEILLOR\u003cbr\u003e     XXVIII     I GO IN QUEST OF MY INHERITANCE\u003cbr\u003e     XXIX       I COME INTO MY KINGDOM\u003cbr\u003e     XXX        GOOD-BYE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in\u003cbr\u003ethe month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the\u003cbr\u003elast time out of the door of my father's house. The sun began to shine\u003cbr\u003eupon the summit of the hills as I went down the road; and by the time\u003cbr\u003eI had come as far as the manse, the blackbirds were whistling in the\u003cbr\u003egarden lilacs, and the mist that hung around the valley in the time of\u003cbr\u003ethe dawn was beginning to arise and die away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. Campbell, the minister of Essendean, was waiting for me by the\u003cbr\u003egarden gate, good man! He asked me if I had breakfasted; and hearing\u003cbr\u003ethat I lacked for nothing, he took my hand in both of his and clapped it\u003cbr\u003ekindly under his arm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, Davie, lad,\" said he, \"I will go with you as far as the ford, to\u003cbr\u003eset you on the way.\" And we began to walk forward in silence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Are ye sorry to leave Essendean?\" said he, after awhile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why, sir,\" said I, \"if I knew where I was going, or what was likely\u003cbr\u003eto become of me, I would tell you candidly. Essendean is a good place\u003cbr\u003eindeed, and I have been very happy there; but then I have never been\u003cbr\u003eanywhere else. My father and mother, since they are both dead, I shall\u003cbr\u003ebe no nearer to in Essendean than in the Kingdom of Hungary, and, to\u003cbr\u003espeak truth, if I thought I had a chance to better myself where I was\u003cbr\u003egoing I would go with a good will.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ay?\" said Mr. Campbell. \"Very well, Davie. Then it behoves me to tell\u003cbr\u003eyour fortune; or so far as I may. When your mother was gone, and your\u003cbr\u003efather (the worthy, Christian man) began to sicken for his end, he gave\u003cbr\u003eme in charge a certain letter, which he said was your inheritance. 'So\u003cbr\u003esoon,' says he, 'as I am gone, and the house is redd up and the gear\u003cbr\u003edisposed of' (all which, Davie, hath been done), 'give my boy this\u003cbr\u003eletter into his hand, and start him off to the house of Shaws, not far\u003cbr\u003efrom Cramond. That is the place I came from,' he said, 'and it's where\u003cbr\u003eit befits that my boy should return. He is a steady lad,' your father\u003cbr\u003esaid, 'and a canny goer; and I doubt not he will come safe, and be well\u003cbr\u003elived where he goes.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The house of Shaws!\" I cried. \"What had my poor father to do with the\u003cbr\u003ehouse of Shaws?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nay,\" said Mr. Campbell, \"who can tell that for a surety? But the name\u003cbr\u003eof that family, Davie, boy, is the name you bear--Balfours of Shaws:\u003cbr\u003ean ancient, honest, reputable house, peradventure in these latter\u003cbr\u003edays decayed. Your father, too, was a man of learning as befitted his\u003cbr\u003eposition; no man more plausibly conducted school; nor had he the manner\u003cbr\u003eor the speech of a common dominie; but (as ye will yourself remember)\u003cbr\u003eI took aye a pleasure to have him to the manse to meet the gentry; and\u003cbr\u003ethose of my own house, Campbell of Kilrennet, Campbell of Dunswire,\u003cbr\u003eCampbell of Minch, and others, all well-kenned gentlemen, had pleasure\u003cbr\u003ein his society. Lastly, to put all the elements of this affair before\u003cbr\u003eyou, here is the testamentary letter itself, superscrived by the own\u003cbr\u003ehand of our departed brother.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147461312752,"sku":"2940013106437","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013106437_p0.jpg?v=1763576869","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013106437","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}