Fiction > Book editions > New York, 1893 - David Balfour

DAVID BALFOUR 293
young lady among better friends. Give me pen,
ink, and paper, and I will leave here for James
More the address of my correspondent in Leyden.
He can inquire from me where he is to seek his
daughter."
This word I wrote and sealed ; which while I was
doing, Sprott of his own motion made a welcome offer,
to charge himself with Miss Drummond's mails, and
even send a porter for them to the inn. I advanced
him to that effect a dollar or two to be a cover,
and he gave me an acknowledgment in writing of the
sum.
"Whereupon (I giving my arm to Catriona) we left
the house of this unpalatable rascal. She had said no
word throughout, leaving me to Judge and speak in her
place ; I, upon my side, had been careful not to em-
barrass her by a glance ; and even now although my
heart still glowed inside of me with shame and anger, I
made it my affair to seem quite easy.
" Now,'' said I, ''let us get back to yon same inn
where they can speak the French, have a piece of
dinner, and inquire for conveyances to Kotterdam. I
will never be easy till I have you safe again in the hands
of Mrs. Gebbie."
"I suppose it will have to be," said Catriona,
" though whoever will be pleased, I do not think it will
be her. And I will remind you this once again that I
have but one shilling, and three baubees."