His eve had, however, retained its fire, and his gesture its animation.

Had he remained silent, he would have been long unnoticed; but when he spoke, there was something in his manner which arrested attention.
"Who is this young man ?" said the vicar, in a low voice, to his neighbour.
"A Scotchman called Maxwell, on a visit to Sir Henry," was the answer.
"I thought so, from his accent and his manner," said the vicar.

It may be here observed that the Northern English retain rather more of the ancient hereditary aversion to their neighbors than their countrymen of the South.

The interference of other disputants, each of whom urged his opinion with all the vehemence of wine and politics, rendered the summons to the drawing-room agreeable to the more sober part of the company.
The company dispersed by degrees, and at length the vicar and the young Scotchman alone remained, besides the baronet, his lady, daughters, and myself.

The clergyman had not, it would seem, forgot the observation which ranked him with the false prophets of Dunbar, for he addressed Mr.
Maxwell upon the first opportunity.
"Hem! I think, sir, you mentioned something about the civil wars of last century.