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He has made a day on us; put his Argyle-shires will have wearied shanks. How far was he pehind?" "I think about six or seven miles," answered the squire, "for I passed them at the Christenbury Cragg, and I overtook you at the Hollan Bush. If his beasts be leg-weary, he will be may be selling bargains."
And he smote the table a blow that set the glasses ringing. "Done it on a foul?" cried three or four voices. "On a foul!" repeated Cragg. "Think again," said the red-headed man, "'t were said as it was a werry clean knock-out."
"And what do you want with me?" "I 'opes as theer's no offence, my lord," said he, knuckling his forehead, and speaking in a tone that was a strange mixture of would-be comradeship and cringing servility. "Cragg is my name, an' craggy's my natur', but I know when I'm beat.
The misguided lassie, as you have the impudence to call her, is no misguided lassie at all. She is the Honorable Mrs. Dugald, of Castle Cragg," said Mrs. MacDonald impatiently. "Wha she the lass in yon cell, the Honorable Mistress Dugald?" "Herself!" "Hech, that's awfu'l" "So I wished to give you a hint to treat her with the consideration due to her rank."
Still, the chance of earning a guinea, even under such conditions, was not to be lightly thrown away; therefore I folded my arms and waited with as much resolution as I could. "Sir," said Cragg, speaking in a very altered tone, "sir, you seem oncommon eager for it." "I shall be glad to get it over," said I.
Did I throw away my chances in declining the liberal proposal of Mr. Cragg? The reader will be able to judge from the following pages. After my visit to Liverpool I passed on to Manchester. I was fortunate in having introductions to some of the leading men there, to John Kennedy, William Fairbairn, the Grant Brothers, and lastly, to that most admirable man, Benjamin Hick, engineer, Bolton.
"If Tom Cragg is ready," said I, turning up the wristbands of my shirt, "why, so am I." Here it was found to every one's surprise, and mine in particular, that Tom Cragg was not in the barn. Surprise gave place to noisy astonishment when, after much running to and fro, it was further learned that he had vanished altogether.
The inn itself, the stables, and even the haylofts were ransacked without avail. Tom Cragg was gone as completely as though he had melted into thin air, and with him all my hopes of winning the guinea and a comfortable bed.
The housekeeper of Castle Cragg was the next witness called, and she testified with a marked reluctance, that only served to give additional weight to her statement, to the sinful intimacy between the deceased viscount and the prisoner at the bar. Following her came old Cuthbert, who sadly corroborated her testimony in all respects.
And on the other hand, if she were to conceal all this and merely write him a pressing invitation to come over immediately, he might take his time over it. Speed Claudia felt to be of the utmost importance to her cause. So, after due reflection, she dipped her pen in ink, and commenced as follows: "Castle Cragg, near Banff, Buchan, Scotland.
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