The dey woman enters the castle about vesper time, and usually leaves her cloak in the passage as she goes into the pantlers' office with the milk.

Take thou the cloak, muffle thyself close, and pass the warder boldly; he is usually drunken at that hour, and thou wilt go as the dey woman unchallenged through gate and along bridge, if thou bear thyself with confidence.

Then away to meet the Black Douglas; he is our nearest and only aid." "But," said Louise, "is he not that terrible lord who threatened me with shame and punishment ?" "Believe it," said Catharine, "such as thou or I never dwelt an hour in the Douglas's memory, either for good or evil.

Tell him that his son in law, the Prince of Scotland dies--treacherously famished--in Falkland Castle, and thou wilt merit not pardon only, but reward." "I care not for reward," said Louise; "the deed will reward itself.

But methinks to stay is more dangerous than to go.