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It always took a whirl of his dirk and a storm of Gaelic to convince a cottager of his accuracy, but he got through at last, and we reformed our order of march and started for Leek. This time I took the sorrel and Maclachlan marched beside Margaret on her mare, for the Colonel wanted to give me an account, derived from the young Chief, of the Prince's marchings and victories.
Wrote for answer I knew nothing of the matter, but would be happy to see Mrs. and Miss Bell to breakfast. I had a letter of introduction by Robert Chambers, which I declined, being then unwell. But as Trotter of Braid said, "The ladies maun come." February 16. Mrs. and Miss Bell Maclachlan of the West Highlands, mother and daughter, made their way to me to breakfast.
On the voyage out he and M. de Villacroix, who was the temporary Governor, found that the eighty gentlemen colony founders were a pretty rough lot, who wanted to take charge of the ship. MacLachlan, who was a man of energy, brought them to reason by tricing seven of them up to the rigging by their thumbs, and promised to 'deal severely' with them next time.
"One of Geordie's dandiprats, who has got together a big force of militia at Derby, and who, if he's any pluck, may have forestalled us all by marching to Leek." "It's sair awkward," said Maclachlan, completely taken aback by the news. "It is so," said the Colonel, "and seeing that Oliver knows the rules and procedures of courts martial, he shall deliver his judgment first."
Between the house-place of the Hanyards and the top of Shap, Death had become my familiar. For Maclachlan I had nothing but pity. He had thought that I stood between him and Margaret. Clearly he had learned of her coming back to me, and the thought had maddened him. He had disguised himself as an Englishman and come after me, and this was the end of it.
"I thought a man of schooling, with Latin at his tongue's-end, would see to the deepest heart of MacLachlan." "He's crafty." "So's the polecat till the fox meets him. Tuts, man, you have a singular jealousy of the creature." "Since the first day I saw him." John laughed. "That was in the Provost's," quo' he, and he hummed a song I caught the meaning of but slightly.
MacLachlan was for with us, but John turned on him with a great deal of determination, and dared him to give extra risk to our enterprise by adding another man to the chance of the enemy seeing us. The lad met the objection ungraciously, and John took to his flattery.
"Ishbel would ha' given much to see you, and so wad some one else, I'm thinking." "Have the ladies started already?" I asked, with painful carelessness. "Losh, man, Maclachlan has 'em up and away the morn in fine style. He's getting a very attentive chiel is Maclachlan, and I wonder ma Ishbel disna like him better than she does.
"I would sooner force the bridge if ten men held it," said MacLachlan. "I have a Highland hatred of the running stream, and small notion to sleep a night in wet tartan." John looked at the young fellow with a struggle for tolerance. "Well, well," he said; "we have all a touch of the fop in our youth." "True enough, you're not so young as you were once," put in MacLachlan, with a sly laugh.
"I could not have a goodson more worthy than yourself," she was kind enough to say. "Once I thought Betty's favour was elsewhere, in an airt that scarcely pleased me, and " "But that's all over," I said, warmly, sure she thought of MacLachlan. "I hope it is; I think it is," she said.
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