THE MONASTERY. A ROMANCE. BY THE AUTHOR OF "WAVERLEY." IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: SOLD BY J. MURRAY, BOOKSELLER, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1821. M2421 THE MONASTERY. CHAPTER I. The Miller was of manly make, There durst na ten come him to take, Sae noited he their pows. Christ's Kirk on the Green. Ir was after sunset, as we have already stated, when Halbert Glendinning returned to the abode of his father. The hour of dinner was at noon, and that of supper about an hour after sunset at this period of the year. The former had passed without Halbert appearing; but this was no uncommon circumstance, for the chase or any other pastime which occurred, made Halbert a frequent neglecter of hours; and his mother, though angry VOL. II. A |