He was thirsty and had asked for water, and Jenny had called, "Elspeth, bring the laird a cup frae the well!" She had brought it, and, taking it from her, all the romance of the world had seemed to him to close them round, to bear them to some great and fair and deep and passionate place.

The fifth time had been the day when he went to kirk with White Farm and listened to her voice in the psalm.

The sixth time had been again upon the moor.

The seventh time was this.

He had come down through the glen as he had done before.