Apart from the prestige of its immense age, Glamis
is one of the most beautiful buildings in the Three Kingdoms. The
exquisitely weathered tints of grey-pink and orange that its
ancient red sandstone walls have taken on with the centuries, its
many gables and towers rising in summer-time out of a sea of
greenery, the richness of its architectural details, make Glamis a
thing apart. There is nothing else quite like it. No more charming
family can possibly be imagined than that of the late Lord
Strathmore, forty years ago. The seven sons and three daughters of
the family were all born musicians. I have never heard such
perfect and finished part-singing as that of the Lyon family, and
they were always singing: on the way to a cricket-match; on the
road home from shooting; in the middle of dinner, even, this
irrepressible family could not help bursting into harmony, and
such exquisite harmony, too! Until their sisters grew up, the
younger boys sang the treble and alto parts, but finally they were
able to manage a male-voice quartet, a trio of ladies' voices, and
a combined family octette.
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