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The door opened. It was but Cathleen, with her lady's excuse, and wishes for Captain Waverley's health and happiness. It was noon when the two friends stood at the top of the pass of Bally-Brough. 'I must go no farther, said Fergus Mac-Ivor, who during the journey had in vain endeavoured to raise his friend's spirits.
Fergus, whose eyes flashed when he was told by Cathleen that her mistress designed to keep her apartment that evening, went himself in quest of her; but apparently his remonstrances were in vain, for he returned with a heightened complexion and manifest symptoms of displeasure.
She therefore quietly led the way to a spot at such a distance from the cascade that its sound should rather accompany than interrupt that of her voice and instrument, and, sitting down upon a mossy fragment of rock, she took the harp from Cathleen.
'I disclaim it, ma belle demoiselle, although I protest it would be the more congenial of the two. Which of your crack-brained Italian romancers is it that says, But if you prefer the Gaelic, Captain Waverley, here is little Cathleen shall sing you Drimmindhu. 'Admirable, Cathleen! cried the Chieftain; 'I must find you a handsome husband among the clansmen one of these days.
Influenced by these feelings, the Chief now led Waverley in quest of Miss Mac-Ivor, not without the hope that the present agitation of his guest's spirits might give him courage to cut short what Fergus termed the romance of the courtship. They found Flora, with her faithful attendants, Una and Cathleen, busied in preparing what appeared to Waverley to be white bridal favours.
Waverley rides Dermid, Then turning to Edward, 'You will take leave of my sister? 'Surely that is, if Miss Mac-Ivor will honour me so far. 'Cathleen, let my sister know that Mr. Waverley wishes to bid her farewell before he leaves us. But Rose Bradwardine, her situation must be thought of. I wish she were here. And why should she not?
'I disclaim it, MA BELLE DEMOISELLE, although I protest it would be the more congenial of the two. Which of your crackbrained Italian romancers is it that says, But if you prefer the Gaelic, Captain Waverley, here is little Cathleen shall sing you Drimmindhu. 'Admirable, Cathleen! cried the Chieftain; 'I must find you a handsome husband among the clansmen one of these days.
The duties of the tea-table seem to be concluded, and, as the evening is delightful, Una will show you the way to one of my favourite haunts, and Cathleen and I will join you there. Una, having received instructions in her native language, conducted Waverley out by a passage different from that through which he had entered the apartment.
Charles Lamb, now passing his declining years quietly on his farm, a dozen miles from Springfield, Illinois, was a compositor on the "Sangamo Journal" from 1836 to 1843, and it was he who put into type the poem by "Cathleen," which, with the "Lost Townships" letters, led General Shields to challenge Lincoln. "This poem," says Mr.
Callum Beg, see that our horses are ready, with a pony for yourself, to attend and carry Mr. Put on a Lowland dress, Callum, and see you keep your tongue close, if you would not have me cut it out. Mr. Waverley rides Dermid. Then turning to Edward, 'You will take leave of my sister? 'Surely that is, if Miss Mac-Ivor will honour me so far. 'Cathleen, let my sister know Mr.
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