him, the Lombard goldsmith in the Canongate? Weel, for sums
that the Bishop will pay to Morini, sums owing, he says, by
himself to the Crown--though I shrewdly suspect 'tis the other
way, gude man!--then the Lombard's fellows in York, London, or
Paris, or Bourges will, on seeing this bit bond, supply us up to
the tune of a hundred crowns. Thou look'st mazed, Lily, but I
have known the like before. 'Tis no great sum, but mayhap the
maidens' English kin will do somewhat for them before they win
to their sister.'

'I would not have them beholden to the English,' said Dame
Lilias, not forgetting that she was a Stewart.

Her husband perhaps scarcely understood the change made in the
whole aspect of the journey to her. Not only had she to hurry
her preparations for the early start, but instead of travelling
as the mistress of the party, she and her daughter would, in
appearance at least, be the mere appendages of the two
princesses, wait upon them, give them the foremost place, supply
their present needs from what was provided for themselves, and
it was quite possible have likewise to control girlish petulance
and inexperience in the strange lands where her charges must
appear at their very best, to do honour to their birth and their
country.

But the loyal woman made up her mind without a word of complaint
after the first shock, and though a busy night was not the best
preparation for a day's journey, she never lay down; nor indeed
did her namesake daughter, who was to be left at a Priory on
their way, there to decide whether she had a vocation to be a