We were asking the hind about it, the other day, thinking that it might be useful should we have to fly suddenly.

I will go down with you; and indeed, I shall be glad to go the whole way with you, for the provisions and those blankets and the skin will be no light weight; and, as I am going to Hiniltie, it will cheer Armstrong if I could tell him that I saw his daughters." "It would be a good plan, Fergus, though in truth the weight would be no great burden; but certainly, Armstrong would be pleased to know that you had seen his daughters." A few minutes later they set out, forded the river breast high, carrying the loads on their heads; and then, climbing the hill, made their way to the shelter, whose exact position Oswald had marked, on starting, by a huge boulder that stood on the crest of the hill, some fifty feet above it.
Roger was on the lookout.

Seeing two figures approaching, when he expected but one, he grasped his staff firmly.
"Who comes there ?" he asked.
"It is I, Roger.

I have brought one of the men with me, to help carry the things.

He is going to Hiniltie, and thought that Armstrong would be pleased to know he had seen his daughters.