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Rh part it is, for redding him might have cost you dearer."

"Troth, Luckie, it's very true; and ere I turn back frae the Captain's side, I'll show that I hae na forgotten it."

"O, yes," exclaimed both the ladies at once, "let him go with you, if go you must, on this strange summons."

"Indeed I must, but you see I am safely guarded—Adieu for a short time, go home as fast as you can."

He pressed his sister's hand, and took a yet more affectionate farewell of Julia with his eyes. Almost stupified with surprise and fear, the young ladies watched with their eyes the course of Bertram, his companion, and their extraordinary guide. Her tall figure moved across the wintry heath with steps so swift, so long, and so steady, that she appeared rather to glide than to walk. Bertram and Dinmont, both tall men, apparently scarce equalled her in height, owing to her longer dress and high head-gear. She proceeded straight