Nor did the latter escape.

"Will ye stop heedin' the lassie, and attend to your own job," the Chieftain growled.

"Ye're makin' as much noise as a roadroller." Arrived at the foot of the verandah wall there remained the problem of the escalade.

Dougal clambered up like a squirrel by the help of cracks in the stones, and he could be heard trying the handle of the door into the House.

He was absent for about five minutes, and then his head peeped over the edge accompanied by the hooks of an iron ladder.