Chapter 29: Carinthia in Wales

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌⁠An August of gales and rains drove Atlantic air over the Welsh highlands. Carinthia’s old father had impressed on her the rapture of ‘smelling salt’ when by chance he stood and threw up his nostrils to sniff largely over a bed of bracken, that reminded him of his element, and her fancy would be at strain to catch his once proud riding of the seas. She felt herself an elder daughter of the beloved