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Rh hurried the Marquis and his attendants into the route which Caleb prescribed, dragging Ravenswood along with them, although there was much in the matter which he could not possibly comprehend. "Gun-powder!" he exclaimed, laying hold of Caleb, who in vain endeavoured to escape from him, "what gun-powder? How any quantity of powder could be in Wolf's Crag without my knowledge, I cannot possibly comprehend."

"But I can," interrupted the Marquis, whispering him, "I can comprehend it thoroughly—for God's sake, ask him no more questions at present."

"There it is now," said Caleb, extricating himself from his master, and adjusting his dress, "your honour will believe his lordship's honourable testimony—His lordship minds weel, how, in the year that him they ca'd King Willie died"

"Hush! hush, my good friend!" said the Marquis; "I shall satisfy your master upon that subject."