. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . rd Glamis of the time was entertain-ing the head of another noble familythen resident in Angus; and in thecourse of the evening they commencedto play cards. It was Saturday night,and so intent were theyon wagering lands andmoney on the issue ofthe game, that they didnot recognise the factthat Sunday morningwas approaching until an old retainer ventured to remind them of the hour. Whereupon one of the gamblersswore a great oath, with the tacit approval ofthe other, that they did not care what day itmight be, but they would finish their ga
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . rd Glamis of the time was entertain-ing the head of another noble familythen resident in Angus; and in thecourse of the evening they commencedto play cards. It was Saturday night,and so intent were theyon wagering lands andmoney on the issue ofthe game, that they didnot recognise the factthat Sunday morningwas approaching until an old retainer ventured to remind them of the hour. Whereupon one of the gamblersswore a great oath, with the tacit approval ofthe other, that they did not care what day itmight be, but they would finish their gameat any cost, even if they went on playing tillDoomsday ! It had struck midnight ere hehad finished his sentence, when there sud-denly appeared astranger dressed inblack, who politely in-formed their lordshipsthat he would take themat their word and thenvanished. The story goes onto aver that annually onthat night these noble- THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE, SEEN FROM THE CRYPT PIPP OT thpiT SniVltS meet and play cards in the secret room of the Castle, and that.
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