I knew not the particulars of the affair in which Arthur Heselrigge fell, till I heard it from your lips.

I can easily credit them, for I know his unmanly character.
Wallace is a Scot, and acted in Scotland as Gilbert Hambledon would have done in England, were it possible for any vile foreigner to there put his foot upon the neck of a countryman of mine.

Wherever you have concealed your husband, let it be a distant asylum.

At present no tract within the jurisdiction of Lanark will be left unsearched by the governor's indefatigable revenge." Lady Wallace, overcome with gratitude at this generous speech of the English officer, uttered some inarticulate words, expressive more in sound than clearness, of her grateful feelings.

Hambledon continued, "I will use my influence with Heselrigge, to prevent the interior of your house from being disturbed again; but it being in the course of military operations, I cannot free you from the disagreeable ceremony of a guard being placed to-morrow morning round the domains.