Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Noble Woman, Vol. 1 of 3
Like other English towns Carlton Cross stands in a county, but instead of taking pride in their connexion with the particular province in which they are placed, its inhabitants, following in the steps of their forefathers, and countenanced by the general usage of the district for miles round, prefer to speak Of themselves as denizens Of the Border. From the energy with which they boast about the natural and social characteristics Of their Border - meaning thereby a line Of country in which three Of our richest counties impinge upon each other, so that a horseman may Spring into his saddle at Carlton Cross, after an early breakfast, and return to a mid-day dinner after a gallop through three provinces; and also from the tone of self-glorification with which they assert their claim to respect as Border-men - it would seem that to be born, bred, and placed in business on the extreme verge of an English county are conditions peculiarly favourable to the higher qualities Of our nature.
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