I did not take long to warn him of his danger, and desired him to follow me.

We descended together beneath the holy statue, and were just emerging into the cellars when you, sir, met us at the entrance.
"It was while we were yet in the chapel that I heard De Valence and Soulis at high words in the courtyard.

The former, in a loud voice, gave orders that, as Lady Helen Mar could nowhere be found, the earl and countess, with their two infant children, should not be separated, but be conveyed as his prisoners to Dumbarton Castle." "That is a comfort," cried Helen; "my father will then be consoled by the presence of his wife." "But very different would have been the case, madam, had you appeared," rejoined the soldier.

"One of Lord de Valence's men told me, that Lord Soulis intended to have taken you and the countess to Dunglass Castle, near Glasgow, while the sick earl was to have been carried alone to Dumbarton, and detained in solitary confinement.

Lord Soulis was in so dreadful a rage, when you could not be found, that he accused the English commander of having leagued with Lady Mar to deceived him.