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At an early hour on the following morning, a carriage drawn by four strong horses, and attended by a mounted guard, entered the town.
It contained four persons, all of a certain importance. Chief among them was Lord Pitsligo, than whom no one in the Highland army was more beloved and respected. The venerable Scottish nobleman was in full military costume, and would have ridden at the head of his regiment, had not his infirm state of health prevented him.