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Nor did this inequality of distribution appear to give the least offence. Mac-Ivor, indeed, apologised for the confusion occasioned by so large a party, and pleaded the necessity of his situation, on which unlimited hospitality was imposed as a paramount duty.
'With me? said the Chevalier; 'how can Colonel Mac-Ivor have so far misunderstood me? He then led Fergus aside, and, after five minutes' earnest conversation, spurred his horse towards Edward. 'Is it possible nay, ride up, Colonel, for I desire no secrets is it possible, Mr.
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.
Still he was aware that, unless he meant at once to embrace the proposal of Fergus Mac-Ivor, it would deeply concern him to leave the suspicious neighbourhood without delay, and repair where his conduct might undergo a satisfactory examination.
Edward, justly incensed at this act of treachery, galloped out of the avenue, and observed the battalion of Mac-Ivor at some distance moving along the common in which it terminated.
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.
Of an active and intriguing spirit, he had been long employed as a subaltern agent and spy by those in the confidence of the Chevalier, to an extent beyond what was suspected even by Fergus Mac-Ivor, whom, though obliged to him for protection, he regarded with fear and dislike.
Waverley made no commentary, therefore, on the manner of the treatment, but rewarded the professor of medicine with a liberality beyond the utmost conception of his wildest hopes. He uttered on the occasion so many incoherent blessings in Gaelic and English that Mac-Ivor, rather scandalised at the excess of his acknowledgments, cut them short by exclaiming, Ceud mile mhalloich ort! i.e.
'The High Sheriff, a non-commissioned officer said, 'had requested of the governor that none should be admitted to see the prisoner excepting his confessor and his sister. 'And where was Miss Mac-Ivor? They gave him the direction. It was the house of a respectable Catholic family near Carlisle.
Still he was aware that, unless he meant at once to embrace the proposal of Fergus Mac-Ivor, it would deeply concern him to leave the suspicious neighbourhood without delay, and repair where his conduct might undergo a satisfactory examination.
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