quarters,andtherewasampleroomforArgyle\'sarmytoencamparoundhiminthevalley,wheretheLochyjoinsLoch—Eil。
Severalbargeshadattended,loadedwithprovisions,sothattheywereineveryrespectaswellaccommodatedassuchanarmywishedorexpectedtobe。Argyle,incouncilwithAuchenbreckandArdenvohr,expressedhisfullconfidencethatMontrosewasnowonthebrinkofdestruction;thathistroopsmustgraduallydiminishashemovedeastwardthroughsuchuncouthpaths;thatifhewentwestward,hemustencounterUrrieandBaillie;ifnorthward,fallintothehandsofSeaforth;orshouldhechooseanyhalting—
place,hewouldexposehimselftobeattackedbythreearmiesatonce。
\"Icannotrejoiceintheprospect,mylord,\"saidAuchebreck,\"thatJamesGrahamewillbecrushedwithlittleassistanceofours。HehasleftaheavyaccountinArgyleshireagainsthim,andIlongtoreckonwithhimdropofbloodfordropofblood。I
lovenotthepaymentofsuchdebtsbythirdhands。\"