Chapter 66 No.66

585 Sir Roderick, who to meet them came,

Reddened at sight of Malcolm Graeme,

Yet, not in action, word, or eye,

Failed aught in hospitality.

In talk and sport they whiled away

590 The morning of that summer day;

But at high noon a courier light

Held secret parley with the knight,

Whose moody aspect soon declared,

That evi