of cellars, with the refectory, chapter house, and other conventual
apartments rising above them, for such existed altogether independent
of the space occupied by King Robert and his attendants; while
a fourth row of buildings, showing a noble outward front to the
rising sun, consisted of a large hospitium, for the reception of
strangers and pilgrims, and many subordinate offices, warehouses,
and places of accommodation, for the ample stores which supplied the
magnificent hospitality of the Dominican fathers. A lofty vaulted
entrance led through this eastern front into the quadrangle, and
was precisely opposite to the window at which Prior Anselm stood,
so that he could see underneath the dark arch, and observe the
light which gleamed beneath it from the eastern and open portal;
but, owing to the height to which he was raised, and the depth of
the vaulted archway, his eye could but indistinctly reach the opposite
and extended portal. It is necessary to notice these localities.

We return to the conversation between the princely relatives.

"My dear brother," said the King, raising the Duke of Albany, as
he stooped to kiss his hand--"my dear, dear brother, wherefore
this ceremonial? Are we not both sons of the same Stuart of Scotland
and of the same Elizabeth More?"

"I have not forgot that it is so," said Albany, arising; "but I
must not omit, in the familiarity of the brother, the respect that
is due to the king."

"Oh, true--most true, Robin," answered the King. "The throne is
like a lofty and barren rock, upon which flower or shrub can never
take root. All kindly feelings, all tender affections, are denied