22/26 He entered with the White Farm folk and he sat with them, leaving the laird's high-walled, curtained pew without human tenancy. Alice was with a kinswoman of rank in a great house near Edinburgh, submitting, not without enjoyment, to certain fine filings and polishings and lacquerings and contacts. Jamie, who would be a soldier and fight the French, had his commission and was gone this past week to Carlisle, to his regiment. Between him and the laird held much liking and respect. Tutor no longer, he stayed on as secretary and right-hand man. |