" With these words he had
relinquished her to her husband. But in them she saw nothing inimical
to her wishes; it was a caution, not a reproof, and had not his warmer
address to Helen conjured up all the fiends of jealousy, she would have
been perfectly satisfied with these grounds of hope-slippery though
they were, like the sands of the sea.
Eager, therefore, to break away from Lord Mar's projects relating to
his daughter, at the first decent opportunity she said: "We will
consider more of this, Donald. I now resign you to the duties of your
office, and shall pay mine to her, whose interest is our own."
Lord Mar pressed her hand to his lips, and they parted.
Prior to Wallace's visit to the citadel, which was to be at an early
hour the same morning, a list of the noble prisoners was put into his
hand. Edwin pointed to the name of Lord Montgomery.
"That," said he, "is the name of the person you already esteem; but how
will you regard him when I tell you who he was?"
Wallace turned on him an inquiring look.
"You have often spoken to me of Sir Gilbert Hambledon-"
"And this be he!" interrupted Wallace.
Edwin recounted the manner of the earl discovering himself, and how he
came to bear that title.
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