The Loveless Marriage by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788675215
Publisher: Barbara Cartland Ebooks Ltd
Published: 2021-08-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

The sun was shining when Fyna awoke and she hoped that it was a good omen.

Her father had arranged that she should be married at noon on the Saturday.

After they had partaken of the Wedding breakfast, the pipers and the dancers would have their turn.

Fyna had listened to what he was saying, but she could think only of the moment when she would first meet the Earl.

This was actually due to happen in the Kirk, where he would be waiting for her when she arrived.

Because it was such a hasty Wedding, there was no question of her having bridesmaids and her father had said that they were quite unnecessary anyway.

Fyna was helped to dress by most of the women in The Castle because they were so excited by her being a bride.

She only wished that she herself could feel some of their feverish enthusiasm.

She prayed for a long time before she was called that she would not make any mistakes and above all that the situation between the Clans would not be as bad as she had anticipated.

She realised, as she then put on the beautiful gown that Yvonne had made for her, that she was really very frightened.

She was leaving behind everything she loved and which was familiar to her.

She was going to another Castle with the man who owned it.

Because the prospect was so terrifying, she tried just to think of the Wedding and the reconciliation they so hoped for between the Clans.

She knew that her father was worried that there might be trouble between the MacSteels and the McBraras when the Ceremony was over.

Fyna, however, had the feeling that, because Hamish had failed in his effort to kidnap her, he would not be coming to the Wedding.

She prayed that this might be so, but she knew that it might be wishful thinking.

At exactly five minutes to twelve she came down the stairs dressed as a bride.

She wore the veil her mother had worn at her Wedding, as several other MacSteel brides had before her and it covered her face.

It fell over her shoulders and onto her train at the back.

The tiara of diamonds sparkled in the sunshine and so did the diamanté that decorated the train.

It was carried down the stairs by two of the women who had helped her dress.

She knew that Yvonne had gone ahead to arrange the train when she entered the Kirk.

The carriage was waiting outside and her father did not speak until the horses moved off.

Then he said,

“I am very proud of you, my darling. I know that you are doing this to help me and the Clan. You can be sure that they, like myself, will be eternally grateful to you.”

Fyna did not reply to him at once.

Holding her bouquet of white heather in one hand, she slipped her other into her father’s.

“It is not going to be easy, Papa,” she murmured.

“I know that,” her father said. “But you have always had courage and I am sure that God will not fail you now, as He has never done before.

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