The Mctavish by Gouverneur Morris — Read

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By the look of her she might have been a queen, or a princess, or at the very least a duchess. But she was no one of these. She was only a commoner -- a plain miss, though very far from plain. Which is extraordinary when you consider that the blood of the Bruce flowed with exceeding liveliness in her veins, together with the blood of many another valiant Scot -- Randolph, Douglas, Campbell -- who bled with Bruce or for him.