CHAPTER TWOLord Strathcairn rose from his high-backed chair and asked,
“Would you like to see some Highland dancing?”
“I would love it!” Leona answered, “but should I not leave you to your port?”
“I think I have no need of port this evening,” he replied and led her from the dining hall and up the stone stairs to the floor above.
Leona’s mother had told her that in all Scottish castles there was what was known as the ‘Chief’s Room’, which was where the Chief of a Clan received his followers, where plans of battle were discussed and where he entertained.
Leona had imagined a large and impressive Baronial Hall, but the one they entered took her completely by surprise.
It must have run the whole length of The Castle. There was a musicians’ gallery at one end and the walls were decorated
