The sutor's wife was one of Grannie's best cronies, and there was no fear of her being deserted through the night.
Aggie kept the lead she had taken, till there could be no more question of going on, and they were now drawing near the road that struck off to the left, along the bank of the Warlock river, leading up among the vallies and low hills, most of which had once been the property of the house of Warlock, when she stopped suddenly, this time without turning her back to the wind, and Cosmo was immediately beside her.
"What's yon, Cosmo ?" she said--and Cosmo fancied consternation in the tone.

He looked sharply forward, and saw what seemed a glimmer, but might be only something whiter in the whiteness.

No! it was certainly a light--but whether on the road he could not tell.

There was no house in that direction! It moved!--yet not as if carried in human hand! Now it was gone! There it was again! There were two of them--two huge pale eyes, rolling from side to side.

Grannie's warning about the Prince of the power of the air, darted into Cosmo's mind.