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When they had rested they went to battle once more, tracing and foining and hurtling together, so that none who beheld them could know which was like to win the battle. Their clothing was so far hewn that the chains of their coats of mail could be seen. Alpin had a cut across his knee, Roderic's arm was bleeding.
"That Earl Roderic is guilty of the crime," said Ronald Gray, their spokesman, "and that he shall pay the highest penalty that our laws can impose." "Then," said Alpin, "I claim that Roderic of Gigha shall die the death." But at that the wise men shook their heads.
The crowd about them hailed Alpin's dexterous fighting with lusty cries of approval, and none doubted that he would soon make an end of his boastful antagonist. But neither had yet gained the upper hand. So for a full half-hour they fought, until Alpin at length sorely wounded Roderic on the shoulder. At that Roderic was wroth out of measure, and he rushed upon Alpin, doubling his mighty strokes.
"Oh, foolish lad!" he murmured, "to attempt such a thing within the very fences of the court!" "Alpin of Bute," said the judge gravely as he rose from his seat, "you have done that which no other man in this land might do without the severest punishment. You are here to plead the cause of justice, and not to insult those whom you have summoned to this place to do justice for you.
The Bearer answers for the MackInnans, MackLeods of Rasa at least . . . . . 300 The Bearer answers for the Chisolms . . . 200 The Bearer answers for the Robertsons . . . 250 Camerons . . . 500 Stuart of Alpin . . . 250 McNeals of Barra . . . 150 MackPhersons . . . 350 McIntoshes . . . 350 Frazers . . . 400 MackGregors . . . 200 Athol men, at least . . . 500 Out of Brodulbin . . . . 300
But when, betimes, they came to the gate of Rothesay Castle they found Earl Hamish and his steward, Sir Oscar Redmain, on the point of setting out on a hunting expedition into the wilds of Glen More. And of the band of hunters were Kenric's elder brother Alpin and young Allan Redmain.
"With such instruments and a snowy ground, master Redmain, you might be back at your castle of Kilmory in two flickers of a rush light. Go you to Kilmory tonight?" "Yes," said Allan, "we go at once, for now I see my father is ready. Give you goodnight, my lords." "Goodnight, boy," said the three guests. And Allan, with his father and Alpin, then left the hall.
"You will be glad to see me again?" says she. "And I think that is an idle word," said I. "We are too deep friends to make speech upon such trifles." "Is she not the girl of all the world?" she cried again. "I was never knowing such a girl, so honest and so beautiful." "And yet she cared no more for Alpin than what she did for a kale-stock," said I. "Ah, she will say so indeed!" cries Catriona.
Alpin was sound asleep upon his couch, for his day's hunting had wearied his limbs. Kenric went within and awoke him. In the darkness Alpin did not see his brother's pallid face, and he turned over with many complaints at being so roughly disturbed. "Nay, Alpin, 'tis for no light cause that I disturb you," urged Kenric.
Yet we may trace an element of 'heredity. About 1735 a member of the Balhaldie family, chief of Clan Alpin or Macgregor, wrote the Memoirs of the great Lochiel, published in 1842 for the Abbotsford Club. Balhaldie draws rather in Clarendon's manner a portrait of the Alastair Macdonnell of 1689 and of 1715.
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