To-morrow he may commence the
reduction of every English fortress that yet casts a shade on the
stream of our native Clyde; for when the sun next rises, the Southrons
will have passed the Scottish borders and then the truce expires."
Gregory fell at his feet, and begged that he be allowed to bring his
Nannie to see the husband of her once dear child.
"Not now," replied Wallace, "I could not bear the interview-she shall
see me when I return."
He then spoke apart to Murray, who cheerfully acquiesced in a
commission that promised him not only the glory of being a conqueror,
but the private satisfaction, he hoped, of driving the Southron
garrison out of his own paternal castle. To send such news to his
noble father at Stirling, would indeed be a wreath of honor to his aged
and yet warlike brow. It was then arranged between the young chief and
his commander that watchtowers should be thrown up on every conspicuous
eminence which skirted the Scottish borders; whence concerted signals
of victories, or other information, might be severally interchanged.
These preliminaries adjusted, the regent's bugle brought Ker and Sir
John Graham to his side.
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