Then they are on no good terms with the Redgauntlet line--bitter Whigs they are in every sense.

It was a runaway match betwixt Sir Henry and his lady.

Poor thing, they would not allow her to see him when in confinement--they had even the meanness to leave him without pecuniary assistance; and as all his own property was seized upon and plundered, he would have wanted common necessaries, but for the attachment of a fellow who was a famous fiddler--a blind man--I have seen him with Sir Henry myself, both before the affair broke out and while it was going on.

I have heard that he fiddled in the streets of Carlisle, and carried what money he got to his master, while he was confined in the castle.' 'I do not believe a word of it,' said Mrs.Crosbie, kindling with indignation.

'A Redgauntlet would have died twenty times before he had touched a fiddler's wages.' 'Hout fye--hout fye--all nonsense and pride,' said the Laird of Summertrees.