In Aberdeenshire, Richard meets Katherine, his eventual love interest. Katherine comes from a noble family, whose influence becomes a great help to Richard. The two get married here. Richard feels accepted by and comfortable with Katherine.
"Katherine accompanied her father to Gordon Castle, in Aberdeenshire. Where was the light now, that had made a summer noon in Richard's soul? There was a memory; it brought before him her cherub-face, her voice, the hours when at her side he ahd poured out his overbrimming sould in talk--not of love, but of ideas, feelings, imaginations he had never spoken before" (282).
"The reconciled him to the idea of leading her from the wild north to softer miler scenes; where every disaster wears a gentler shape; soothed, not exasperated by the ministrations of nature. At midnight, but a very few hours after his arrival, he stood beside her in the chapel to interchange their vows" (288).
Description: This image shows a castle in Aberdeenshire, posible similiar to the Castle of Gordon.
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