Not even my father knows it." "Ah! then it's a secret e'en frae the laird, eh ?" "Yes," she replied.

"I want you to come up to the old castle with me," pointing to the great ruined pile standing boldly in the summer sunlight, "and I want you to tell me all you know.

I've had a very uncanny experience there." "What, miss!" exclaimed the man, halting and looking her seriously in the face; "ha'e ye seen the ghaist ?" "No, I haven't seen any ghost," replied the girl; "but last night I heard most extraordinary sounds, as though people were within the old walls." "Guid sake, miss! an' ha'e ye actually h'ard the Whispers ?" he gasped.
"Then other people have heard them, eh ?" inquired the girl quickly.
"Tell me all you know about the matter, Stewart." "A' ?" he said, slowly shaking his head.

"I ken but a wee bittie aboot the noises." "Who has heard them besides myself ?" "Maxwell o'Tullichuil's girl.

She said she h'ard the Whispers ae nicht aboot a year syne.