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OLD MORTALITY

By Walter Scott


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VOLUME II.




CHAPTER I.

And look how many Grecian tents do stand
Hollow upon this plain--so many hollow factions.
Troilus and Cressida.

In a hollow of the hill, about a quarter of a mile from the field of
battle, was a shepherd's hut; a miserable cottage, which, as the only