Elspie mounted with her.

Archie, Sandy, and the men took their places in the other carts, and the party drove off.

They had no fear of interruption, for the Kerrs, ignorant of the number who had arrived with Archie at Glen Cairn, would not venture to attack until they had gathered a considerable force, and would not be likely to set out till morning, and long before that time Dame Forbes would have arrived at her sister's.
The journey was indeed performed without incident, the escort leaving them when within two or three miles of Lanark, and making their way direct to the craigs, whither Archie, the moment he had seen his mother safely at Sir Robert Gordon's, returned.

He did not mount the craig, but wrapping himself in his cloak lay down at its foot.
As soon as it was daylight he walked out a mile on the road towards Glen Cairn.

He soon saw a party approaching in military order.