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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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Inverawe
rose
before
dawn
and
went
straight
to
the
cave.
Macniven
was
gone!
Inverawe
saw
no
more
of
the
ghost,
but
the
adventure
left
him
a
gloomy,
melancholy
man.
Many
a
time
he
would
wander
on
Cruachan
hill
side,
brooding
over
his
vision,
and
people
passing
him
would
see
the
far-away
look
in
his
eyes,
and
would
say
one
to
the
other:
"The
puir
laird,
he
is
aye
thinking
on
him
that
is
gone".
Only
his
dearest
friends
knew
the
cause
of
his
melancholy.
In
1756
the
war
between
the
English
and
French
in
America
broke
out.
The
42nd
regiment
embarked,
and
landed
at
New
York
in
June
of
that
year.
Campbell
of
Inverawe
was
a
major
in
the
regiment.
The
lieut.-
colonel
was
Francis
Grant.
From
New
York
the
42nd
proceeded
to
Albany,
where
the
regiment
remained
inactive
till
the
spring
of
1757.
One
evening
when
the
42nd
were
still
quartered
at
this
place,
Inverawe
asked
the
colonel
"if
he
had
ever
heard
of
a
place
called
Ticonderoga".
{160}
Colonel
Grant
replied
he
had
never
heard
the
name
before.
Inverawe
then
told
his
story.
Most
of
the
officers
were
present
at
the
time;
some
were
impressed,
others
were
inclined
to
look
upon
the
whole
thing
as
a
joke,
but
seeing
how
very
much
disturbed
Inverawe
was
about
it
all,
even
the
most
unbelieving
refrained
from
bantering
him.
In
1758
an
expedition
was
to
be
directed
against
Ticonderoga,
on
Lake
George,
a
fort
erected
by
the
French.
The
Highlanders
were
to
form
part
of
this
expedition.
The
force
was
under
Major-General
Abercromby.
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