This consideration was not articulate, but diffused.

It interfered not at all with the foreground activities and hard planning--no more than did the fine Highland air.

It only spurred him as did the winy air.

The time and place were electric; he worked hard, many hours on end, and when he sought his bed he dropped at once to needed sleep.

From morn till late at night, whether in castle or house or journeying from clan to clan, he was always in company.