Excerpt from Highland Cousins, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel Well, there was nothing of the spoil-sport about Jess Maclean if, on some rare occasion, the foolishness' got hold of her, then she took care to hide herself away in solitude. Moreover these were Allan's holidays; and during the working times of the year there was little enough diversion for him. So Jess at once and cheerfully put on her smartest things; Barbara did the same; the school master was summoned; and the councillor, having marshalled his forces, proceeded to escort them down to the sea-front. He was in the noblest of spirits it was as if he were leading them on to the conquest of Mexico or the capture of the last of the Incas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.