And you had no trouble on your way ?" Roger shook his head.
"No; I generally join some traveller or other, and that makes the journey pass all the quicker.

I came down here today with a stout young fellow, who overtook me this side of Moffat.

He was somewhat out at elbow, and I looked askance at him at first; but he turned out a blithe companion, and we got on well together.

He could troll a good song, and my own voice is not wanting in power.

It was curious that he also was from Dunbar, though not immediately; having, it would seem, wandered for some time, on the lookout for service." "What was he, a cattle drover ?" "No, he had been a man-at-arms, of George of Dunbar--at least, so I understood--and when the earl fled, and Douglas took possession of Dunbar, he lost his living.