Beside this, the evidence remained in
the bone of the chest of the fact of its having been cut open after his
death, for the heart to be taken out, according to his dying command,
to be sent to the Holy Land.
Wallace saw that his prince was not in a state to bear argument, and as
all had retired far from the couch when he approached it, in gratitude
for this propriety (for it had left him and his friend free to converse
unobserved), he turned toward the other inmates of the chamber. The
sage advanced to him, and recognizing in Wallace's now manly form the
fine youth he had seen with Sir Ronald Crawford at the claiming of the
crown, he saluted him with a paternal affection, tempering the sublime
feelings with which even he approached the resistless champion of his
country, and then beckoning the beautiful girl who had so
compassionately hung over the couch of Bruce, she drew near the sage.
He took her hand: "Sir William Wallace," said he, "this sweet child is
the youngest daughter of the brave Mar, who died in the field of glory
on the Carron. Her grandfather, the stalwart knight of Thirlestane,
fell a few weeks ago, defending his castle, and I am almost all that is
left to her, though she has, or had a sister, of whom we can learn no
tidings.
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