Note † — Chapter XVI · THE TWO ENDS OF THE LINE

“Aye, yon lad Flemington—an’ a deevil o’ a lad he is to tak’ the road wi’! Ma leddy, there’s been a pucklie fechtin’ aboot Montrose, an’ the Prince’s men hae gotten a haud o’ King George’s ship that’s in by Ferryden. As a’ gaed doon to the toon, a’ kaipit† wi’ Flemington i’ the road. He’d gotten a clour on ’s heed. He was fechtin’ doon aboot Inchbrayock, he tell’t me.”