SHOLTO CAPTURES A PRISONER OF DISTINCTION He found that the noise came from the chamber occupied by the little Lady Margaret.

When he arrived at the door it stood open to the wall.
The child was sitting up on her bed, clothed in the white garmentry of the night.

Bending over her, with her arms round the heaving shoulders of the little girl, Sholto saw Maud Lindesay, clad in a dark, hooded mantle thrown with the appearance of haste about her.

The door of the next chamber also stood wide, and from the coverlets cast on the floor it was obvious that its occupant had left it hastily in order to fly to her friend's assistance.
At the sound of hasty footsteps Maud Lindesay turned about, and was instantly stricken pale and astonished by the sight of the young man with his sword bare.

She cried aloud with a stern and defiant countenance, "Sholto MacKim, what do you here ?" And before he had time to answer, the little girl looked at him out of her friend's arms and called out: "O Sholto, Sholto, I am so glad you are come.