The rest of the household were uninjured.
Lindsay got up quietly and dressed without awaking Fergus.

He was disappointed at a despatch being at once handed to him to carry to the Prince of Brunswick's army, which was ten miles away; and was therefore obliged to mount and ride off, without obtaining any news whatever as to the nature of Drummond's adventure.

As he passed through the camp of the Pomeranians, he saw the bodies of six soldiers swinging from the bough of a tree, close to the camp.

He rode a little out of his way to discover the cause of this strange spectacle.

In front of them was erected a large placard of canvas, with the words painted upon it: "Marauders killed in the commission of crime, and their bodies hung by order of the king, as a lesson to anyone who ventures to break the law against plundering." Then he rode on his way, and did not return until one o'clock.