And I will not be sorry when I am in Greenock once more."

"But you will come with us first of all to Castle Dare, Colin," was the
reply. "And I know that Lady Macleod herself will be for shaking hands
with you, and thanking you that you wass tek the care of the yacht."

"I think I will stop at Greenock, Hamish. You know you can take her well
on from Greenock. And will you go round the Mull, Hamish, or through the
Crinan, do you think now?"

"Oh, I am not afrait to tek her round the Moil; but there iss the
English lady on board; and it will be smoother for her to go through the
Crinan. And it iss ferry glad I will be, Colin, to see Ardalanish Point
again; for I would rather be going through the Doruis Mohr twenty times
ass getting petween the panks of this tamned river."

Here they relapsed into their native tongue, and she listened no longer;
but, at all events, she had learned that they were going away to the
North. And as her nerves had been somewhat shaken, she began to ask
herself what further thing this madman might not do. The old stories he
had told her came back with a marvellous distinctness. Would he plunge
her into a dungeon and mock her with an empty cup when she was dying of
thirst? Would he chain her to a rock at low-water; and watch the tide
slowly rise? He professed great gentleness and love for her; but if the
savage nature had broken out at last! Her fear grew apace. He had shown
himself regardless of everything on earth: where would he stop, if she
continued to repel him? And then the thought of her situation--alone;
shut up in this small room; about to venture forth on the open sea with
this ignorant crew--so overcame her that she hastily snatched at the
bell on the dressing table and rang it violently. Almost instantly there
was a tapping at the door.

"I ask your pardon, mem," she heard Christina say.

She sprang to the door and opened it, and caught the arm of the old
woman.

"Christina, Christina!" she said, almost wildly, "you won't let them
take me away? My father will give you hundreds and hundreds of pounds if
only you get me ashore! Just think of him--he is an old man--if you had
a daughter--"

Miss White was acting very well indeed; though she was more concerned
about herself than her father.

"I wass to say to you," Christina explained with some difficulty, "that
if you wass saying that, Sir Keith had a message sent away to your
father, and you wass not to think any more about t