All this perhaps the packet might explain; but it was plain from Alice's manner that she desired he should consult it in secret.

Nor did she again seek his eye after she had satisfied herself that her manoeuvre was observed and understood.

On the contrary, she shortly afterwards left the hut, and it was only as she tripped out from the door, that, favoured by the obscurity, she gave Waverley a parting smile and nod of significance, ere she vanished in the dark glen.
The young Highlander was repeatedly dispatched by his comrades as if to collect intelligence.

At length when he had returned for the third or fourth time, the whole party arose, and made signs to our hero to accompany them.

Before his departure, however, he shook hands with old Janet, who had been so sedulous in his behalf, and added substantial marks of his gratitude for her attendance.
'God bless you! God prosper you, Captain Waverley!' said Janet, in good Lowland Scotch, though he had never hitherto heard her utter a syllable, save in Gaelic.