He now arose to demand vengeance on the person of Waverley, and with difficulty acquiesced in the proposal of Mr.Morton that he should be carried before the Laird, as a justice of peace, and placed at his disposal.

The rest of the assistants unanimously agreed to the measure recommended; even Mrs.Mucklewrath, who had begun to recover from her hysterics, whimpered forth, 'She wadna say naething against what the minister proposed; he was e'en ower gude for his trade, and she hoped to see him wi' a dainty decent bishop's gown on his back; a comelier sight than your Geneva cloaks and bands, I wis.' All controversy being thus laid aside, Waverley, escorted by the whole inhabitants of the village who were not bed-ridden, was conducted to the house of Cairnvreckan, which was about half a mile distant..