and I had a quarrel about her not appearing to leave of you. I am unwilling to renew it, by sol ing her to receive you this morning; and perhaps doing so might not only be ineffectual, but pre your meeting this evening."

While thus conversing, Waverley heard in the co before the windows of the parlour, a well-known vo "I aver to you, my worthy friend," said the speal "that it is a total dereliction of military discipli and were you not as it were a tyro, your purp would deserve strong reprobation. For a prisone war is on no account to be coerced with fetters, or binded in ergastulo, as would have been the case you put this gentleman into the pit of the peel-ho at Balmawhapple. I grant, indeed, that such a pris er may for security be coerced in carcere, that is, a public prison."

The growling voice of Balmawhapple was heard taking leave in displeasure, but the word "land-loup alone was distinctly audible. He had disappeared fore Waverley reached the court, in order to greet worthy baron. The uniform in which he was now tired seemed to have added fresh stiffness and rigid to his tall, perpendicular figure: and the consciousn of military command and authority had increased, the same proportion, the self-importance of his meanour, and dogmatism of his conversation.

He received Waverley with his usual kindness, a expressed immediate anxiety to hear an explanati of the circumstances attending the loss of his comm sion in G's dragoons; "not," he said, "that had the least apprehension of his young friend havi done aught which could merit such ungenerous trea ment as he had received from government, but becau it was right and seemly that the Baron of Bradwardi should be, in point of trust, and in point of power, ful able to refute all calumnies against the heir of Wave ley-Honour, whom he had so much right to regard his own son.'

Fergus Mac-Ivor, who had now joined them, went hastily over the circumstances of Waverley's story, and concluded with the flattering reception he had met from the young chevalier. The baron listened in silence, and at the conclusion shook Waverley heartily by the hand, and congratulated him upon entering the service of his lawful prince. "For," continued he," although it has been justly held in all nations a matter of scandal and dishonour to infringe the sacramentum militare, and that whether it was taken by each soldier singly, whilk the Romans denominated per conjurationem, or by one soldier in name of the rest, yet no one ever doubted that the allegiance so sworn was discharged by the dismissio, or discharging of a soldier, whose case would be as hard as that of colliers, salters, and other slaves of the soil, were it to be accounted otherwise. This is something like the brocard expressed by the learned Sanchez, in his work De Jure-jurando, which you have questionless consulted upon this occasion. As for those who have calumniated you by leasing-making, I protest to Heaven I think they have justly incurred the penalty of the Memnonia lex, also called Lex Rhemnia, which is prelected upon by Tullius, in his oration In Verrem. I should have deemed, however, Mr. Waverley, that before destining yourself to any special service in the army of the prince, ye might have inquired what rank the Baron of Bradwardine held there, and whether he would not have been peculiarly happy to have had your services in the regiment of horse which he is now about to levy."

Edward eluded this reproach by pleading the necessity of giving an immediate answer to the prince's proposal, and his uncertainty at the moment whether his friend the baron was with the army, or engaged upon service elsewhere.

This punctilio being settled, Waverley made inquiry after Miss Bradwardine, and was informed she had come to Edinburgh with Flora Mac-Ivor, under

guard of a party of the chieftain's men. This step was indeed necessary. Tully-Veolan having become a very unpleasant, and even dangerous place of residence for an unprotected young lady, on account of its vicinity to the Highlands, and also to one or two large villages, which, from aversion as much to the caterans as zeal for presbytery, had declared themselves on the side of government, and formed irregular bodies of partisans, who had frequent skirmishes with the mountaineers, and sometimes attacked the houses of the jacobite gentry.

"I would propose to you," continued the baron, "to walk as far as my quarters in the Luckenbooths, and to admire in your passage the High Street, whilk is, beyond a shadow of dubitation, finer than any street, whether in London or Paris. But Rose, poor thing, is sorely discomposed with the firing of the Castle, though I have proved to her from Blondel and Coehorn, that it is impossible a bullet can reach these buildings; and, besides, I have it in charge from his royal highness to go to the camp, or leaguer of our army, to see that the men do conclamare vasa, that is, truss up their bag and baggage for to-morrow's march."

"That will be easily done by most of us," said MacIvor, laughing.

"Craving your pardon, Colonel Mac-Ivor, not quite so speedily as you seem to opine. I grant most of your folks left the Highlands, expedited as it were, and free from the encumbrance of baggage, but it is unspeakable the quantity of useless sprechery which they have collected on their march. I saw one fellow of yours. (craving your pardon once more) with a pier-glass upon his back."

"Ay," said Fergus, still in good humour, "he would have told you, if you had questioned him, a ganging foot is aye getting.-But come, my dear baron, you know as well as I, that a hundred Uhlans, or a singletroop of Schmirschitz's Pandours, would make more havock in a country than the knight of the mirror and all the rest of our clans put together."

"And that is very true likewise," said the baron; "they are, as the heathen author says, ferociores in aspectu, mitiores in actu, of a horrid and grim visage, but more benign in demeanour than their physiognomy or aspect might infer.-But I stand here talking to you two youngsters, when I should be in the King's Park." "But you will dine with Waverley and me on your return? I assure you, baron, though I can live like a Highlander when needs must, I remember my Paris. education, and understand perfectly faire la meilleure, ehere."

"And wha the deil doubts it," quoth the baron laughing, "when you bring only the cookery, and the good town must furnish the materials?-Well, I have some business in the town too; But I'll join you at three, if the vivers cae tarry so long." So saying, he took leave of his friends, and went to look after the charge which had been assigned him.

CHAPTER III.

A Soldier's Dinner.

JAMES OF THE NEEDLE was a man of his word when whiskey was no party to the contract; and upo this occasion Callum Beg, who still thought himself i Waverley's debt, since he had declined accepting com pensation at the expense of mine host of the Candle stick's person, took this opportunity of discharging th obligation, by mounting guard over the hereditary tai lor of Slioch nan Ivor; and, as he expressed himself targed him tightly" till the finishing of the job. To rid himself of this restraint, Shemus's needle flew through the tartan like lightning; and as the artist kep chanting some dreadful skirmish of Fin Macoul, he accomplished at least three stitches to the death of every hero. The dress was, therefore, soon ready, for the short coat fitted the wearer, and the rest of the apparel required little adjustment.

When our hero fairly assumed the "garb of old Gaul," which was well calculated to give an appearance of strength to a figure, which, though tall and well-made, was rather elegant than robust, I hope my fair readers will excuse him if he looked at himself in the mirror more than once, and could not help acknowledging that the reflection seemed that of a very handsome young fellow. In fact, there was no disguising it. His light-brown hair, for he wore no periwig, notwithstanding the universal fashion of the time, became the bonnet which surmounted it. His person promised firmness and agility, to which the ample folds of the tartan added an air of dignity. His blue eyes seemed of that kind,

"Which melted in love, and which kindled in war.”