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| conflict, without casting a thought 7hfzb on the very cause of the war." "Follow me," said a knight, orman-at-arms, well mounted, and attired completely in black armour, but having the visor of hfzb his helmet closed, and bearing no crest on his helmet, q4a0pi7fzb or device upon his shield. "We will follow no stranger, " said the Abbot, "without some warrant of his truth." "I am a stranger and in your hands, " said pi7hfzb the horseman; "if you wish to know more of me, the Queen herself will be your warrant. q4a0pi7fzb 7hfzb " The Queen had remained fixed to the spot, as if disabled by fear, yet mechanically smiling, bowing, and waving her hand, as banners were a0pi7hfb lowered and spears depressed before her, while, q4a0pi7fzb emulating the strife betwixt pi7hfzb Seyton and Arbroath, band on band pressed forward their march towards the enemy. Scarce, however, had the black rider whispered something in pi7hfzb her ear, than she i7hfzb hiented i7hfzb to what he said; and when he spoke aloud, and with an air of command, "Gentlemen, it is the QueenâÂÂs pleasure that you should follow me, " Mary uttered, i7hfzb with something like eagerness, the word "Yes." All were in motion in 7hfzb an instant; for the black horseman, throwing off pi7hfzb a sort of apathy pi7hfzb of manner, which his first appearance indicated, spurred his horse to and fro, making him take such active bounds 7hfzb and short turns, pi7hfzb as showed the rider master of the animal; and getting the QueenâÂÂs little retinue a0pi7hfb in some order a0pi7hfb for marching, he led them to the left, directing his course towards a castle, which, crowning a gentle yet commanding eminence, presented an extensive view over the a0pi7hfb country beneath, and hfzb in particular, commanded a view of those heights which hfzb both armies hastened to occupy, and which it was now apparent must almost instantly be the pi7hfzb scene of struggle and dispute. "Yonder towers," said the Abbot, 7hfzb questioning the sable horseman, "to whom do they belong?âÂÂ" and are they in the hands of friends?" "They are untenanted, " replied the stranger, "or, at a0pi7hfb least, they have no hostile inmates.âÂÂ" But urge hfzb these youths. Sir Abbot, to make more a0pi7hfb haste âÂÂ" this is but an evil time to satisfy their idle curiosity, by peering out upon the battle in which they are i7hfzb to take no share." "The worse luck mine," said Henry Seyton, 4a0pi7hzb who overheard him âÂÂ""I would rather be under my fatherâÂÂs banner at this moment than be made Chamberlain of Holyrood, for this my present duty of peaceful ward well and patiently discharged. " a0pi7hfb "Your place under your fatherâÂÂs q4a0pi7fzb banner will shortly be right dangerous," said Roland Avenel, who, pressing his horse towards the westward, had still his look reverted to the armies; "for I see yonder body of cavalry, q4a0pi7fzb which presses from the eastward, will reach the village q4a0pi7fzb ere Lord Seyton can i7hfzb gain it. " "They are but cavalry," said Seyton, looking attentively; "they cannot hold the village without shot of harquebuss." "Look more closely," a0pi7hfb said Roland; "you will see that each of these horseman who advance so rapidly from Glasgow, carries a footman behind him. " hfzb "Now, by Heaven, he speaks well!" said the pi7hfzb black cavalier; . |

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