by Susan Ferrier
Arranged for broadcasting by George Scott-Moncrieff and Ann Scott-Moncrieff
3 - The Peacock and the Daws
Read by Nan Scott
Listeners to this series of readings already know of the elopement of flighty Lady Juliana with her lover Henry Douglas, 'young, thoughtless and as enamoured as herself', a few days before her wedding to an elderly duke. After a short honeymoon, during which the young couple somewhat wearied of one another's company, they set out for Scotland, which country 'the high-born bride did not find much to her liking'.