"I had destined thee to be the slave of my vices," he said, "and yet thou triest to become the preserver of my life! But away, and save thyself." "I will return with food as I shall see opportunity," said Catharine, just as the glee maiden plucked her sleeve and desired her to be silent and stand close.
Both crouched among the ruins, and they heard the voices of Ramorny and the mediciner in close conversation.
"He is stronger than I thought," said the former, in a low, croaking tone.

"How long held out Dalwolsy, when the knight of Liddesdale prisoned him in his castle of Hermitage ?" "For a fortnight," answered Dwining; "but he was a strong man, and had some assistance by grain which fell from a granary above his prison house." "Were it not better end the matter more speedily?
The Black Douglas comes this way.

He is not in Albany's secret.

He will demand to see the Prince, and all must be over ere he comes." They passed on in their dark and fatal conversation.
"Now gain we the tower," said Catharine to her companion, when she saw they had left the garden.

"I had a plan of escape for myself; I will turn it into one of rescue for the Prince.