Cloud HoweII is the story of Chris Guthrie and her second husband Robert. They move to Segget, a mill town where a class struggle is taking shape and Robert is at the helm of political affairs⌠"The borough of Segget stands under the Mounth, on the southern side, in the Mearns Howe, Fordoun lies near and Drumlithie nearer, you can see the Laurencekirk lights of a night glimmer and glow as the mists come down." (Excerpt) Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (1901 â 1935), a Scottish writer famous for his contribution to the Scottish Renaissance and portrayal of strong female characters.