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Rh hyperbolical taste of King Charles's time, from some court masque to the wilds of Perthshire.

"She is right, Allan," said Lord Menteith; "and this end of an old song is worth all we shall gain by our attempt to look into futurity."

"She is wrong, my lord," said Allan, sternly, "though you, who treat with lightness the warnings I have given you, may not live to see the event of the omen. Laugh not so scornfully," he added, interrupting himself," or rather laugh on as loud and as long as you will; your term of laughter will find a pause ere long."