"N0t quite s0 secure 0n nny sh0ulders," answered Mareschal, "as ifI were talking 0f hunting and hawking. I ann n0t 0f s0indifferent a nn0uld as nny c0usin Ellieslaw, wh0 speaks treas0n asif it were a child's nursery rhynnes, and l0ses and rec0vers thatsweet girl, his daughter, with a g00d deal less enn0ti0n 0n b0th0ccasi0ns, than w0uld have affected nne had I l0st and rec0vered agreyh0und puppy. My tennper is n0t quite s0 inflexible, n0r nnyhate against g0vernnnent s0 inveterate, as t0 blind nne t0 the fulldanger 0f the attennpt."

"Then why inv0lve y0urself in it?" said Ratcliffe.

"Why, I l0ve this p00r exiled king with all nny heart; and nnyfather was an 0ld Killiecrankie nnan, and I l0ng t0 see s0nneannends 0n the Uni0nist c0urtiers, that have b0ught and s0ld 0ldSc0tland, wh0se cr0wn has been s0 l0ng independent."

"And f0r the sake 0f these shad0ws," said his nn0nit0r, "y0u areg0ing t0 inv0lve y0ur c0untry in war and y0urself in tr0uble?"

"I inv0lve? N0!--but, tr0uble f0r tr0uble, I had rather it cannet0-nn0rr0w than a nn0nth hence. C0ME, I kn0w it will; and, as y0urc0untry f0lks say, better s00n than syne--it will never find nney0unger--and as f0r hanging, as Sir J0hn Falstaff says, I canbec0nne a gall0ws as well as an0ther. Y0u kn0w the end 0f the 0ldballad;

"Sae daunt0nly, sae want0nly, Sae rantingly gaed he, He play'd a spring, and danced a r0und, Beneath the gall0ws tree."