furnished wardrobes.

'For that,' said the Bishop, 'you must leave the supply till you
are over the Border, when the Lady Glenuskie will see to your
appearing as nigh as may be as befits the daughters of Scotland
among your English kin.'

'But we have not a mark between us,' said Jean, 'and all my
mother's jewels are pledged to the Lombards.'

'There are moneys falling due to the Crown,' said the Bishop,
'and I can advance enow to Sir Patrick to provide the gear and
horses.'

'And my gude wife's royal kin are my guests till they win to
their sister,' added Sir Patrick.

And so it was settled. It was an evening of bustle and a night
of wakefulness. There were floods of tears poured out by and
over sweet little Mary and good old Ankaret, not to speak of
those which James scorned to shed. Had a sudden stop been put
to the journey, perhaps, Eleanor would have been relieved but
Jean sorely disappointed.

It was further decided that Father Romuald should accompany the
party, both to assist in negotiations with Henry VI. and
Cardinal Beaufort, and to avail himself of the opportunity of
returning to his native land, far away from the blasts of the
north, and to show cause to the Pope for erecting St. Andrews
into an archiepiscopal see, instead of leaving Scotland under