My sister Janet I never saw since the hour we were separated in the street of Stirling until the awful moment in which we met on the roof of this castle--the moment when I expected to behold her and my wife die before my eyes!" Helen now learned, for the first time, the base cruelties which had been exercised on her father and his family since the capture of De Valence.

She had been exempted from sharing them by the fears of Cressingham, who, knowing that the English earl had particular views with regard to her, durst not risk offending him by outraging one whom he had declared himself determined to protect.
During part of this conversation, Murray withdrew to bring Lady Ruthven and her son to share the general joy of full domestic reunion.

The happy Edwin and his mother having embraced these dear relatives with yet more tender affections yearning in their bosoms, accompanied Murray to the door of the barbican, which contained Lord Ruthven.

They entered on the wings of conjugal and filial love; but the for once pensive Lord Andrew, with a slow and musing step, returned into the castle to see that all was safely disposed for the remainder of the night..