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SCENE I. Argyll's Castle, the Vestibule, or grand entrance; a noise of bustle and voices heard without, and Servants seen crossing the Stage, as the scene opens.

They are arrived, Maclean and all his train; Run quickly, man, and give our chieftains notice.

They know already: from the tower we spied The mournful cavalcade: the Earl and Lorne Are down the stair-case hasting to receive them.

I've seen them light, a sooty-coated train, With lank and woeful faces, and their eyes Bent to the ground, as though our castle gate