Malcolm Chapter 45 - Mr. Cairns and the Marquis

The George McDonald Library · Sep 10, 2026 · 17m

In which a clergyman, troubled by the quiet but growing enthusiasm of the fisher-folk’s religious gatherings, seeks the aid of the marquis to suppress these meetings, while the marquis, indifferent to ecclesiastical matters and fond of fairness, resolves to ascertain the truth for himself by attending in secret. Meanwhile, Malcolm is enlisted to devise a careful plan to ensure the marquis’s discreet presence among the earnest and earnest-hearted congregation.