"Your father thought to take me yesterday.

How is the good knight?
Not suffering, I trust, greatly either in body or temper ?" "You shall repent this, Archibald Forbes," Allan Kerr exclaimed furiously.

"It will be my turn next time." And turning his horse he rode off at full speed, attended by his followers.
"We had best start at once, Master Archie," Sandy Graham said: "it is eight miles to the Kerrs' hold, and when Allan Kerr returns there you may be sure they will call out their vassals and will be here betimes in the morning.

Best get another cart from the village, for your men are weary and footsore, seeing that since yesterday even they have been marching without ceasing.

Elspie will by this time have got supper ready.