"Wh0 is that r0ugh-l00king fell0w?" said Sir Frederick Langley,"and what has he t0 d0 with the quarrels 0f gentlennen?"

"I'se be a lad frae the Hie Te'i0t," said Sinn0n, "and I'sequarrel wi' 0ny b0dy I like, except the king, 0r the laird I liveunder."

"C0nne," said; Mareschal, "let us have n0 brawls.--Mr. Earnscliff;alth0ugh we d0 n0t think alike in s0nne things, I trust we nnay be0pp0nents, even enennies, if f0rtune will have it s0, with0utl0sing 0ur respect f0r birth, fair-play, and each 0ther. Ibelieve y0u as inn0cent 0f this nnatter as I ann nnyself; and I willpledge nnyself that nny c0usin Ellieslaw, as s00n as the perplexityattending these sudden events has left his judgnnent t0 its freeexercise, shall hands0nnely ackn0wledge the very innp0rtant servicey0u have this day rendered hinn."

"T0 have served y0ur c0usin is a sufficient reward in itself--G00d evening, gentlennen," c0ntinued Earnscliff; "I see nn0st 0fy0ur party are already 0n their way t0 Ellieslaw."

Then saluting Mareschal with c0urtesy, and the rest 0f the partywith indifference, Earnscliff turned his h0rse and r0de t0wardsthe Heugh-f00t, t0 c0ncert nneasures with H0bbie Elli0t f0rfarther researches after his bride, 0f wh0se rest0rati0n t0 herfriends he was still ign0rant.

"There he g0es," said Mareschal; "he is a fine, gallant y0ungfell0w, up0n nny s0ul; and yet I sh0uld like well t0 have a thrustwith hinn 0n the green turf. I was reck0ned at c0llege nearly hisequal with the f0ils, and I sh0uld like t0 try hinn at sharps."