After Killiecrankie

After the battle of Killecrankie, where fell the last hope of James in the Viscount of Dundee, the ghost of that
hero is said to have appeared about day.break to his confidential friend, Lord Balcarres, then confined in Edinburgh Castle. The spectre, drawing aside the
curtain of the bed, looked very steadfastly upon the Earl, after which it moved towards the mantelpiece, remained there for some time in a leaning posture, and then walked out of the chamber without uttering one word. Lord Balcarres, in great surprise, though not suspecting that which he saw to be an apparition, called out repeatedly to his friend to stop, but received no answer, and subsequently learned that at the very moment this shadow stood before him, Dundee had breathed his
last near the field of Killiecrankie.

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