But away with you, Caxon!" And off went Caxon upon his walk of three miles-- He hobbled--but his heart was good! Could he go faster than he could ?-- While he is engaged in his journey and return, it may not be impertinent to inform the reader to whose mansion he was bearing his embassy.
We have said that Mr.Oldbuck kept little company with the surrounding gentlemen, excepting with one person only.

This was Sir Arthur Wardour, a baronet of ancient descent, and of a large but embarrassed fortune.
His father, Sir Anthony, had been a Jacobite, and had displayed all the enthusiasm of that party, while it could be served with words only.

No man squeezed the orange with more significant gesture; no one could more dexterously intimate a dangerous health without coming under the penal statutes; and, above all, none drank success to the cause more deeply and devoutly.

But, on the approach of the Highland army in 1745, it would appear that the worthy baronet's zeal became a little more moderate just when its warmth was of most consequence.

He talked much, indeed, of taking the field for the rights of Scotland and Charles Stuart; but his demi-pique saddle would suit only one of his horses; and that horse could by no means be brought to stand fire.