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A STORY ABOUT LOVE AND REVENGE
Ornamented gatepoles stands in guard in front of the ruins of Baldoon Castle which are dressed in Virginia creeper. It is located in a deserted part of the scottish Lowlands about 130 kilometers south of Glasgow. In the middle of the 1600's were Baldoon the scene for a tragic story, which later immortalized by Sir Walter Scott in his novel The Bride of Lammermoor.
In real life it was about Sir James Dalrymples family. He, himself, were an eminent lawyer and statesman. The eldest daughter were the beautiful Janet Dalrymple, who, before she had grown up, had given her faith and all to a poor young nobleman, Lord Rutherford. Janet's parents, especially the mother, were against the alliance, and the girl couldn't stand against her mothers iron will so she broke her promise to the man she loved and agreed to marry the man her parents had seeked out. This man's name was David Dunbar and was nephew to Rutherford and heir to Baldoon. Sadly resignated did Janet become Mrs Dunbar on August 24th 1669.
There are different versions about what happend on Janet's weddingnight, but the most famous is this one: The wedding was big and with a dinner on Baldoon. During the ball the newly-weds went to their bedroom, as the custom says. Shortly thereafter screams were heard from the bride's chamber. The door was broken down and found Dunbar laying just by the treshold with the blood streaming from several stab wounds.
His bride stood huddled in a corner of the room with her husband's blood on her dress. She was murmuring to herself and seemed to be insane. The only words they could hear was "Here you have your beautiful groom". Dunbar survived, but Janet died within a month. It is said that her blood dripping figure still is haunting Baldroon. Maybe it does so as a peace-offering, maybe its looking for its lost love.
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