BOOK II. VISSARION
Letter from Rupert Sent Leger , Castle of Vissarion , the Spear of Ivan , Land of the Blue Mountains , to Miss Janet MacKelpie , Croom Castle , Ross-shire , N.B.
January 23, 1907.
My dearest Aunt Janet,
As you see, I am here at last. Having got my formal duty done, as you made me promise—my letters reporting arrival to Sir Colin and Mr. Trent are lying sealed in front of me ready to post (for nothing shall go before yours)—I am free to speak to you.
This is a most lovely place, and I hope you will like it. I am quite sure you will. We passed it in the steamer coming from Trieste to Durazzo. I knew the locality from the chart, and it was pointed out to me by one of the off
