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The Portent and Other Stories
The overarching narrative, "The Portent," explores themes of inner vision and the Highland belief in second sight, following the life of a young man named Duncan, who grapples with his unique gifts and their implications.
"The Portent and Other Stories" by George MacDonald is a collection of short stories. The overarching narrative, "The Portent," explores themes of inner vision and the Highland belief in second sight, following the life of a young man named Duncan, who grapples with his unique gifts and their implications.
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As my father accompanied me to the door, where the gig, which was to carry me over the first stage of my journey, was in waiting, a large target of hide, well studded with brass nails, which had hung in the hall for time unknown—to me, at least—fell on the floor with a dull bang. My father started, but said nothing; and, as it seemed to me, rather pressed my departure than otherwise. I would have replaced the old piece of armour before I went, but he would not allow me to touch it, saying, with a grim smile,—
“Take that for an omen, my boy, that your armour must be worn over the conscience, and not over the body. Be a man, Duncan, my boy. Fear nothing, and do your duty.”
A grasp of the hand was all the good-bye I could make; and I was soon rattling away to meet the coach for Edinburgh and London. Seated on the top, I was soon buried in a reverie, from which I was suddenly startled by the sound of tinkling iron. Could it be that my adversary was riding unseen alongside of the coach? Was that the clank of the ominous shoe? But I soon discovered the cause of the sound, and laughed at my own apprehensiveness. For I observed that the sound was repeated every time that we passed any trees by the wayside, and that it was the peculiar echo they gave of the loose chain and steel work about the harness. The sound was quite different from that thrown back by the houses on the road. I became perfectly familiar with it before the day was over.
Contents
- 01The Portent
- 02Chapter I. My Boyhood.
- 03Chapter II. The Second Hearing.
- 04Chapter III. My Old Nurses Story.
- 05Chapter IV. Hilton Hall.
- 06Chapter V. Lady Alice.
- 07Chapter VI. My Quarters.
- 08Chapter VII. The Library.
- 09Chapter VIII. The Somnambulist.
- 10Chapter IX. The First Waking.
- 11Chapter X. Love and Power.
- 12Chapter XI. A New Pupil.
- 13Chapter XII. Confession.
- 14Chapter XIII. Questioning.
- 15Chapter XIV. Jealousy.
- 16Chapter XV. The Chamber of Ghosts.
- 17Chapter XVI. The Clanking Shoe.
- 18Chapter XVII. The Physician.
- 19Chapter XVIII. Old Friends.
- 20Chapter XIX. Old Constancy.
- 21Chapter XX. Margaret.
- 22Chapter XXI. Hilton.
- 23Chapter XXII. The Sleeper.
- 24Chapter XXIII. My Old Room.
- 25Chapter XXIV. Prison-Breaking.
- 26Chapter XXV. New Entrenchments.
- 27Chapter XXVI. Escape.
- 28Chapter XXVII. Freedom.
- 29The Cruel Painter
- 30The Castle
- 31The Wow O’riven
- 32The Broken Swords
- 33The Gray Wolf
- 34Uncle Cornelius His Story
About this edition
- Author
- George MacDonald
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 237 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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