advanced. Therefore the Duke of Argyle and his friends made
such use of him as sportsmen often do of terriers, to start the
game, and make a great yelping noise to let them know whither
the chase is proceeding. They often did this out of sport, in order
to tease their opponent; for of all pesterers that ever fastened on
man he was the most insufferable: knowing that his coat
protected him from manual chastisement, he spared no acrimony,
and delighted in the chagrin and anger of those with whom he
contended. But he was sometimes likewise of real use to the
heads of the Presbyterian faction, and therefore was admitted to
their tables, and of course conceived himself a very great man.

His ward accompanied him; and, very shortly after their arrival in
Edinburgh, Robert, for the first time, met with the young laird his
brother, in a match at tennis. The prowess and agility of the
young squire drew forth the loudest plaudits of approval from his
associates, and his own exertion alone carried the game every
time on the one side, and that so far as all I along to count three
for their one. The hero's name soon ran round the circle, and
when his brother Robert, who was an onlooker, learned who it
was that was gaining so much applause, he came and stood close
beside him all the time that the game lasted, always now and then
putting in a cutting remark by way of mockery.

George could not help perceiving him, not only on account of his
impertinent remarks, but he, moreover, stood so near him that he
several times impeded him in his rapid evolutions, and of course
got himself shoved aside in no very ceremonious way. Instead of
making him keep his distance, these rude shocks and pushes,
accompanied sometimes with hasty curses, only made him cling