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Chapter 21
Heseemedlesssulkythanbefore,andindeedhewasnodoubtwellpleasedtohavegottotheendofsuchadangerouscommission.
Hegaveusthenewsofthecountry;thatitwasalivewithred-coats;thatarmswerebeingfound,andpoorfolkbroughtintroubledaily;andthatJamesandsomeofhisservantswerealreadyclappedinprisonatFortWilliam,understrongsuspicionofcomplicity.ItseemeditwasnoisedonallsidesthatAlanBreckhadfiredtheshot;andtherewasabillissuedforbothhimandme,withonehundredpoundsreward.
Thiswasallasbadascouldbe;andthelittlenotetheboumanhadcarriedusfromMrs.Stewartwasofamiserablesadness.InitshebesoughtAlannottolethimselfbecaptured,assuringhim,ifhefellinthehandsofthetroops,bothheandJameswerenobetterthandeadmen.Themoneyshehadsentwasallthatshecouldbegorborrow,andsheprayedheavenwecouldbedoingwithit.Lastly,shesaid,sheenclosedusoneofthebillsinwhichweweredescribed.
Thiswelookeduponwithgreatcuriosityandnotalittlefear,partlyasamanmaylookinamirror,partlyashemightlookintothebarrelofanenemy’sguntojudgeifitbetrulyaimed.
