title: Wee Scot Book, The: Scottish Poems and Stories
author:  Aileen Campbell 
description: Aileen Campbell was born near Brahan Castle in northern Scotland. An art enthusiast even as a young girl, she was greatly influenced by J. Pittendrigh Macgillivray, the appointed king's limner, or royal painter, for Scotland. During World War II, she served as a registered nurse and certified nurse-midwife in both Scotland and England before immigrating to Canada. After moving to the United States, where she served again as an R.N. and CNM in Maryland, she has now retired in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. There she continues to paint and win recognition for her accomplished watercolors. Besides studying art, she has developed an interest in the music and literature of Scotland.
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  Chapter 1
  
  SCOTLAND, SEPTEMBER 1882
  
  I saw Mrs. Chase slide that letter into Lord Cameron’s pocket. She did it
  almost under my nose. Bloody woman.
  
  Ainsley Douglas sank to her knees in her ball dress and thrust her arms deep
  into Lord Cameron Mackenzie’s armoire.
  
  Why did it have to be Cameron Mackenzie, of all people? Did Mrs. Chase know?
  Ainsley’s heart thrummed before she calmed it down. No, Phyllida Chase could
  not know. No one did. Cameron must not have told her, because the tale would
  have come ’round to Ainsley again with breathtaking speed, society gossip
  being what it was. Therefore, it stood to reason that Cameron had kept the
  story to himself.
  
  Ainsley felt only marginally better. The queen’s letter hadn’t been in the
  pockets of any of the coats in the dressing room. In the armoire, Ainsley
  found shirts neatly folded, collars stacked in collar boxes, cravats carefully
  separated with tissue paper. Rich cambric and silk and softest lawn, costly
  fabrics for a 