Women sat or stood at windows, or passed in and out of dark wynds, or, escorted, picked their way at street crossings.

Now and then went by a sedan-chair.

Many women showed in their faces a truly religious fervor, a passionate Jacobite loyalty, lighting like a flame.

Many sewed white cockades.

All Scotland, all England, would surely presently want these! Men of all ranks, committed to the great venture, moved with a determined gaiety and _elan_.