"Treachery has been so much at work," he said after a pause, "that it were rash to say that this may not be a traitorous device; but it were hard to think that a girl--even a Kerr--would lend herself to it." "There are bad women as well as bad men," the king said: "and if a woman thinks she has grievances she will often stick at nothing to obtain revenge." "It is a well appointed troop," Archie said looking at the men, who were drawn up in order, "and not to be despised.

Their leader looks an honest fellow; and if the lady means honestly it were churlish indeed, to refuse her aid when she ventures to break with her family and to declare for Scotland.

No; methinks that, with your permission, I will run the risk, such as it may be, and will join this band with my own.

I will keep a sharp watch over them at the first fight, and will see that they are so placed that, should they mean treachery, they shall have but small opportunity of doing harm.".