"I suppose they throw a good deal of light upon the history of the Grahams and the actions of the great Lord Glencardine ?" "Yes; but I fear you'll find them very difficult to read," he remarked.
"Not being able to see them for myself, alas! I had to send them to London to be deciphered." "And you still have the translations ?" "Unfortunately, no, dear.

Professor Petre at Oxford, who is preparing his great work on Glencardine, begged me to let him see them, and he still has them." "Well," she laughed, "I must therefore content myself with the originals, eh?
Do they throw any further light upon the secret agreement in 1644 between the great Marquess of Glencardine, whose home was here, and King Charles ?" "Really, Gabrielle," laughed the old antiquary, "for a girl, your recollection of abstruse historical points is wonderful." "Not at all.

There was a mystery, I remember, and mysteries always attract me." "Well," he replied after a few moments' hesitation, "I fear you will not find the solution of that point, or of any other really important point, contained in any of the papers.

The most interesting records they contain are some relating to Alexander Senescallus (Stewart), the fourth son of Robert II., who was granted in 1379 a Castle of Garth.

He was a reprobate, and known as the Wolf of Badenoch.