7/13 She will then think of Fergus as of the heroes of our race, upon whose deeds she loved to dwell.' 'Shall she not see you, then ?' asked Waverley. 'She seemed to expect it.' 'A necessary deceit will spare her the last dreadful parting. I could not part with her without tears, and I cannot bear that these men should think they have power to extort them. She was made to believe she would see me at a later hour, and this letter, which my confessor will deliver, will apprize her that all is over.' An officer now appeared, and intimated that the High Sheriff and his attendants waited before the gate of the Castle, to claim the bodies of Fergus Mac-Ivor and Evan Maccombich. |