But enough of the baron; if we must be his neighbours for a time, so be it." "You have heard, my mates," he said, turning to his comrades gathered around him, "what Cuthbert tells us.

Are you of my opinion, that it is better to move away till the storm is past, than to fight against heavy odds, without much chance of either booty or victory ?" A general chorus proclaimed that the outlaws approved of the proposal for a move to Langholm Chase.

The preparations were simple.

Bows were taken down from the boughs on which they were hanging, quivers slung across the backs, short cloaks thrown over the shoulders.

The deer was hurriedly dismembered, and the joints fastened to a pole slung on the shoulders of two of the men.