You are an uncommon kind of creditor, no doubt, but--' 'Away, away, then!' said she, waving her hand.

'Think not about the goud, it's a' your ain; but remember your promise, and do not dare to follow me or look after me.' So saying, she plunged again into the dell, and descended it with great agility, the icicles and snow-wreaths showering down after her as she disappeared.
Notwithstanding her prohibition, Brown endeavoured to gain some point of the bank from which he might, unseen, gaze down into the glen; and with some difficulty (for it must be conceived that the utmost caution was necessary) he succeeded.

The spot which he attained for this purpose was the point of a projecting rock, which rose precipitously from among the trees.

By kneeling down among the snow and stretching his head cautiously forward, he could observe what was going on in the bottom of the dell.

He saw, as he expected, his companions of the last night, now joined by two or three others.