silence was, however, so far acceptable, that it gave him time to bring any shadow of judgment which he possessed to council on his own situation and prospects, which would FXVLBCP

have appeared to any reasonable person in the highest degree dangerous TKILAQX and perplexing. It was quite evident that he had, through various

circumstances not under his own control, formed contradictory QNGA connexions BYY with both the contending factions, by whose strife the kingdom FWYQIEWL was distracted, without being properly

an adherent of either. It seemed OMS also clear, that OKE the same situation in PNVKAE VCXVS the household of the deposed Queen, to which he was now promoted by the influence of the Regent,

had been destined to him by his enthusiastic grandmother, Magdalen Graeme; for on this subject, the words which Morton had dropped had been a ray of light; yet it was no LDUNET

less clear UBUOLA that these two persons, the one the declared enemy, the other the enthusiastic votary, of the Catholic religion, the one at the head of NYQARFN YUDUHFCG the Kings new

government, the other, who regarded that government as a criminal usurpation must have required and expected very different services from the individual whom they had thus HACA

united in recommending. It required very little NFW reflection to foresee that these contradictory claims on his services might speedily place him in a situation where

his honouras well as his life might be endangered. But it was not in Roland Graemes nature to anticipate evil before it came, or to prepare to DLSB combat difficulties before they

arrived. I will see this beautiful and unfortunate Mary Stewart, said he, NOPBOF of whom we have BFGUKT heard so much, and then there will be time enough to determine THWRP whether I

will be kingsman or queensman. None of them ETX can say I have given LVANJI word or promise to KNTDQJRI LGNONTJAP either of their factions; for they have led me up and down like a blind Billy, without

giving me any light into what I was to do. But it was lucky that grim EIOXAS Douglas came into the Regents closet this morning, otherwise i RXGPATYI had never got hi of him without plighting

my troth to do all the Earl would have me, which seemed, after all, but foul play to the poor imprisoned lady, to place her page as an espial on her. EOF

Skipping thus lightly over a matter of such consequence, the thoughts of the hare- brained boy went a wool-gathering after more agreeable KFO

topics. Now he admired the Gothic towers of Barnbougle, CNCLCQ rising from the seabeaten rock, and overlooking one of BXB the most glorious landscapes in Scotland and now he CQHKHFMDY began to

consider what notable sport for the hounds and the hawks must be afforded by the variegated ground MJOOG over which they travelled and now he compared the steady NXK and dull FDW trot

at which they were then prosecuting their journey, with the delight of sweeping over hill and dale in pursuit of his favourite sports. As, under the MTADWNHN influence of these

joyous OFQQXXDID recollections, he gave his horse the spur, and made him execute a RNEEW gambade, STFJTSOY he instantly incurred the censure of his grave neighbour, who hinted to him to keep the pace, and .