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 what right he has to detain me without a legal warrant. Were he a civil officer of the law, I should know my duty was submission."

"Your friend, here," said Claverhouse to the veteran, coolly, "is one of those scrupulous gentlemen, who, like the madman in the play, will not tie his cravat without the warrant of Mr Justice Overdo; but I will let him see, before we part, that my shoulder-knot is as legal a badge of authority as the mace of the Justiciary. So, waiving this discussion, you will be pleased, young man, to tell me directly when you saw Balfour of Burley."

"As I know no right you have to ask such a question, I decline replying to it."

"You confessed to my serjeant," said Claverhouse, "that you saw and entertained him, knowing him to be an inter-communed traitor; why are you not so frank with me?"

"Because," replied the prisoner, "I presume you are, from education, taught