Excerpt from Maid Margaret of Galloway the Life Story of Her Whom Four Centuries Have Called, the Fair Maid of Galloway Once I threw over the wall to one of these poor wretches my purple jupe (the colour never became me), which was of warm cloth - also because the weather, being August, made me to sweat when I wore it. And for this, as well as for speaking to a man, Sister Eulalie docked me of all food save bread-and-water for four days. Yet, said I, Bridget of Kildare, the holy, never had petticoat in her life to bless herself withal! So where is the harm? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.