{"product_id":"2940014687768","title":"The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 2 of 3","description":"CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    He was a base and a cruel knight,\u003cbr\u003e      As ever my two eyes did see;\u003cbr\u003e    And all that he did, and all that he said,\u003cbr\u003e      It was by the might of glamourye.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    But yet his gear was o' the goude\u003cbr\u003e      As it waved and wampished in the wind;\u003cbr\u003e    And the coal-black steed he rode upon,\u003cbr\u003e      It was fleeter than the bonny hind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        _Ballad of Sir Colin Brand._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe distance from Melrose to the castle of Aikwood being only about nine\u003cbr\u003eEnglish miles, our party came in view of it before sun-set. It was one\u003cbr\u003eof those dead calm winter evenings, not uncommon at that season, when\u003cbr\u003ethe slightest noise is heard at a distance, and the echoes are all\u003cbr\u003eabroad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs they drew near to the huge dark-looking pile, silence prevailed among\u003cbr\u003ethem more and more. All was so still that even that beautiful valley\u003cbr\u003eseemed a waste. There was no hind whistling at the plough; no cattle\u003cbr\u003enor sheep grazing on the holms of Aikwood; no bustle of servants,\u003cbr\u003ekinsmen, or their grooms, as at the castles of other knights. It seemed\u003cbr\u003eas if the breath of the enchanter, or his eye, had been infectious, and\u003cbr\u003ehad withered all within its influence, whether of vegetable, animal, or\u003cbr\u003ehuman life. The castle itself scarcely seemed to be the abode of man;\u003cbr\u003ethe massy gates were all locked; no porter was in attendance; and there\u003cbr\u003ewas only one small piping smoke issuing from one of the turrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gude faith! callans,\" said Charlie, \"that's a douth and an awsome\u003cbr\u003elooking bigging. I wish we were fairly in, and safely out again.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Is that now to be my residence, Yardbire?\" said the beautiful Delany.\u003cbr\u003e\"Will you go away, and leave Elias and me in that frightsome and\u003cbr\u003edesolate looking mansion?\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166746427632,"sku":"2940014687768","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014687768_p0.jpg?v=1763614021","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014687768","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}