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During a whole year the Earl of Cairnforth and Mr. Bruce-Montgomery -- for, as soon as possible, Cardross legally assumed the name -- resided at that fairest of ancient cities and pleasantest of Scotch Universities, St. Andrew's.
A few of the older inhabitants may still remember the house the earl occupied there, the society with which he filled it, and the general mode of life carried on by himself and his adopted son. Some may recall -- for indeed it was not easy to forget -- the impression made in the good old town by the two new-comers when they first appeared in the quiet streets, along the Links and on the West Sands -- every where that the little carriage could be drawn. A strange contrast they were -- the small figure in the pony-chair, and the tall young man walking beside it in all the vigor, grace, and activity of his blooming youth. Two companions pathetically unlike, and yet always seen together, and evidently associating with one another from pure love.