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 ton, "to carry to Lord Evandale the unpleasant news of the men's mutiny?"

"Just e'en sae," said Jenny; "Tam Halliday took the rue, and tauld me a' about it, and gat me out o' the Castle to tell Lord Evandale, if possibly I could win at him."

"But how can he help you? he is a prisoner."

"Well-a-day, ay," answered the afflicted damsel; "but maybe he could make fair terms for us—or, maybe, he could gi'e us some gude advice—or, may be, he might send his orders to the dragoons to be civil—or"

"Or, maybe," said Morton, "you were to try if it were possible to set him at liberty?"

"If it were sae," answered Jenny with spirit, "it wadna be the first time I hae done my best to serve ane in captivity."

"True, Jenny, I were most ungrateful to forget it. But here comes Cuddie with refreshments—I will go and do your errand to Lord Evandale, while you take some food and wine."