CHAPTER VI

THE TROUBLES OF A PRIVATE SECRETARY The pleasant dwelling, known as the Mains of Starr, or more commonly the Mains, stands on a shelf of hill-side above the highway, with a fine prospect over the park of Castle Gay to the rolling heathy uplands which form the grouse-moor of Knockraw. From it indeed had shone that light which Jaikie and Dougal had observed the previous night after they left the barricaded lodge. It is low and whitewashed; it has a rounded front like the poop of a three-decker; its gables are crow-st…