The Last of Their Race

The Last of Their Race is a novel by Annie S. Swan. Swan was a Scottish journalist, novelist and story writer. Excerpt: «There were no tears in Isla's eyes as she breasted the hill bravely, brain and heart so busy that the good mile seemed but a stone's throw. It was half-past twelve when she stopped at the low doorway of the house, and with a wave of the hand dismissed the dogs, who went off with hanging heads, as if they were conscious of having missed something in their walk. They knew–for there are few people wiser than the dumb creatures that love us–that, though the body of their mistress had accompanied them down the familiar way, her heart was clean away from them and from all the little homely happenings that can make a country walk so pleasant.»