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"I took ye, man, for ane o' Tushielaw's scouts." The creaking of the hinges of the gate was now heard. "What brings ye frae Peebles, man?" continued the warder, "in sic a night as this, when a witch wouldna venture on the Skelf Hill, far less owre North Berwick Law."
There are two dangers awaiting you: Tushielaw's arm, that has incarnadined the waters of Ettrick with the blood of many a proud foe; and the vengeance of King James, whose youthful fire his nobles, they say, cannot quell." "This is not the cry of 'houghs in the pot, Marjory," replied he, still laughing "the hint of the Border chieftains' wives, when they want more beef for the larder.
But calm ye, love. Young James will not travel hither to fulfil old Lailoken's rhyme, and Tushielaw's arm hath no power over Cockburn.
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