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Updated: June 15, 2025
"Here's auld ordering and counter-ordering," muttered Garschattachin between his teeth. "But patience! patience! we may ae day play at change seats, the king's coming." The two troops of cavalry now formed, and prepared to march off the ground, that they might avail themselves of the remainder of daylight to get to their evening quarters.
"For shame, Garschattachin!" exclaimed the Bailie; "fy for shame, sir! Wad ye say sic things before a magistrate, and bring yoursell into trouble? "D n my creditors!" retorted the gallant Galbraith, "and you if ye be ane o' them!
"For shame, Garschattachin!" exclaimed the Bailie; "fy for shame, sir! Wad ye say sic things before a magistrate, and bring yoursell into trouble? "D n my creditors!" retorted the gallant Galbraith, "and you if ye be ane o' them!
His gang, without him, is no more to be dreaded as a permanent annoyance it will no longer exist than a wasp without its head, which may sting once perhaps, but is instantly crushed into annihilation." Garschattachin was not so easily silenced.
"But, however, Garschattachin," said the Duke, with a smile of peculiar expression, "I fancy you think such a freedom may be pardoned in a friend's friend, and Rob's supposed to be no enemy to Major Galbraith's friends over the water." "If it be so, my lord," said Garschattachin, in the same tone of jocularity, "it's no the warst thing I have heard of him.
His gang, without him, is no more to be dreaded as a permanent annoyance it will no longer exist than a wasp without its head, which may sting once perhaps, but is instantly crushed into annihilation." Garschattachin was not so easily silenced.
Garschattachin," said the Duke; "this is language dangerous for you to talk to any one, and especially to me; but I presume you reckon yourself a privileged person. Please to draw off your party towards Gartartan; I shall myself see the prisoner escorted to Duchray, and send you orders tomorrow. You will please grant no leave of absence to any of your troopers."
"The MacGregor," he said, "accepted of the invitation, but commanded the Saxon who brought the message to be detained, as a hostage that good faith should be observed to him. Within half an hour Angus Breck came back with the doleful tidings that the MacGregor had been surprised and made prisoner by a party of Lennox militia, under Galbraith of Garschattachin."
Are ye a' cleared kelty aff? Fill anither. Here's to his being sune provost I say provost Lord Provost Nicol Jarvie! and them that affirms there's a man walks the Hie-street o' Glasgow that's fitter for the office, they will do weel not to let me, Duncan Galbraith of Garschattachin, hear them say sae that's all."
But this comes o' trusting women and their bairns, that have neither measure nor reason in their dealings. However, it's a' owing to that dog of a gauger, wha betrayed me by pretending a message from your cousin Rashleigh, to meet him on the king's affairs, whilk I thought was very like to be anent Garschattachin and a party of the Lennox declaring themselves for King James.
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