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"Well," she replied, moved by what she saw he suffered in consequence of her words, "if I have given you pain, Fergus, forgive me you know it's not in my nature to give pain to any one, but, above all persons in the world, to you." "Well, darlin'," said he, "you will know all in time; but there is a good deal to be done yet.
"But how did that come about, Fergus?" "Faith, he met me one day you see I have got a bag at my back and taking me for a beggarman, stopped me on the road.
You have seen, as you journeyed here, how sparse is the population of our hills, and how slight would be the opposition which we could offer, did the Earl of Ulster sweep down upon us with trained English soldiers. "Were there a chance of success, Fergus of Killeen would gladly draw the sword again; but I will not bring ruin upon my family and people by engaging in a hopeless enterprise.
Waverley joyfully acceded, for the form of its fair mistress had lived in his dreams during all the time of his confinement. Now he has ridden o'er moor and moss, O'er hill and many a glen, Fergus, all the while, with his myrmidons, striding stoutly by his side, or diverging to get a shot at a roe or a heath-cock.
The lady, as you know, is of an old Spanish family, and further than looking at her driving in the family carruaje of afternoons around the plaza, or catching a glimpse of her through a barred window of evenings, she is as unapproachable as a star. "'Land her for which one of us? says I. "'For me, of course, says Fergus. 'You've never seen her.
Nor could Fergus perceive any obstacle to such a scheme. Waverley's attachment was evident; and as his person was handsome, and his taste apparently coincided with her own, he anticipated no opposition on the part of Flora.
"Well, sir, it's determined on to send you, by the means of the same laws you speak of, out of the country. The red villain is to come in with a charge against you and surrender himself to government as a penitent man, and the person who is to protect him is Sir Robert Whitecraft." "It's all time, Fergus," said Reilly; "I see it at a glance, and understand it a great deal better than you do.
There was a large wooden press in the kitchen, standing out from the wall; this with the next wall made a little recess, in which there was just room for a chair; and in that recess Fergus seated himself, in the easiest chair he could get into it. He then opened wide the door of the press, and it covered him entirely.
Waverley, though confident that Fergus Mac-Ivor was incapable of such treachery, was by no means equally sure of the forbearance of his followers.
The two girls had a very pretty room and dressing-room -the guest chamber, in fact; and Fergus was not far off, in a small apartment which, as Val said, 'stood on legs, and formed the shelter of the porch. 'But, oh dear! oh dear! sighed Val, as Gillian unpacked their evening garments, 'Isn't there any nice place at all where one can make a mess?
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