03071cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000290011324500250014226400510016730000470021833600260026533700260029133800360031750000310035350503510038450800140073552016230074953400670237265300420243965300170248165300240249865300240252265300240254685600650257085600430263599900190267877588UtSlPG20260610134810.0mcr n260607r20251878utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aGrant, James,d1822-188714aThe Ross-shire Buffs 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-12-310 aThe Ross-shire Buffs -- A forgotten Prince of Wales -- The strange story of the Duchess of Kingston -- Story of a Hussar of the Regency -- A weird story of Bruges -- Agnes Sorel, "the Lady of Beauty" -- The veiled portrait -- A legend of the old 55th; or, the regiment of Flanders -- The fatal voyage of the "Laura;" or, the story of Jack Milman.  aAl Haines  a"The Ross-shire Buffs" by James Grant is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set between Edinburgh society and forthcoming imperial campaigns, it weaves a military romance with domestic intrigue as young Highlander Gillian Lamond and his cousin Dove Gainswood fall in love under the shadow of her pious, avaricious father and the looming call of the regiment.

At the start of the story, Gillian and Dove secretly pledge themselves in Edinburgh’s Botanical Gardens, while her father and his guardian, the outwardly devout lawyer Gideon Gainswood, remains blind—then hostile—to their attachment. Gainswood grudgingly permits an engagement but insists it be kept secret until Gillian’s father, Colonel Lachlan Lamond, replies from India; the Colonel’s warm letter approves the match, though he must first lead a brief frontier expedition before returning to bless the wedding. Meanwhile Gainswood cultivates the newly arrived Prince’s Hussars, especially Lord Campsie, whose smooth attentions to Dove grow bolder after a glittering dinner at the Gainswood home. Gillian’s visit to the Hussar mess chills him: amid snobbish talk of Edinburgh society, he overhears a damning tale of Gainswood’s sharp practice that ruined an officer. Spurred by pique and money needs, Campsie decides to propose, and the scheming lawyer eagerly consents. The opening closes with shattering news from the papers: Colonel Lamond has been killed fighting hill tribes, a blow that devastates Gillian and ominously tightens Gainswood’s grip over the young couple’s future. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: George Routledge and Sons, 1878  aInheritance and succession -- Fiction  aLove stories  aSoldiers -- Fiction  aScotland -- Fiction  aFamilies -- Fiction4 uhttps://archive.org/details/03953437.2083.emory.edu/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77588  c118308d118308