'He told us we should go to Fort William, to swear before the governor. If we had gone to Inveraray, he would have to swear in front of a Campbell, and you know how he would it that!'
'In front of a Campbell! A Macdonald to bow his knee before a Campbell! And one who's changed his kilt for a red coat!'
Jamie's father was horrified and insulted. The bitter rivalry between these two clans had endured even to be haeled by the recent marriage between a Campbell and MacIain's son.