hands of them that never kenn'd the word! Now will I show you the
further track; the last time ye travelled it was in these arms.'

She led them accordingly by a long and winding passage, almost
overgrown with brushwood, until, without any very perceptible
descent, they suddenly found themselves by the seaside. Meg then
walked very fast on between the surf and the rocks, until she came
to a remarkable fragment of rock detached from the rest. 'Here,'
she said in a low and scarcely audible whisper--'here the corpse
was found.'

'And the cave,' said Bertram, in the same tone, 'is close beside
it; are you guiding us there?'

'Yes,' said the gipsy in a decided tone. 'Bend up both your
hearts; follow me as I creep in; I have placed the fire-wood so as
to screen you. Bide behind it for a gliff till I say, "The hour
and the man are baith come"; then rin in on him, take his arms,
and bind him till the blood burst frae his finger nails.'

'I will, by my soul,' said Henry, 'if he is the man I suppose--
Jansen?'

'Ay, Jansen, Hatteraick, and twenty mair names are his.'

'Dinmont, you must stand by me now,' said Bertram, 'for this
fellow is a devil.'

'Ye needna doubt that,' said the stout yeoman; 'but I wish I could
mind a bit prayer or I creep after the witch into that hole that