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The earl reached Edinburg late at night. Mrs. Campbell entreated him to go to bed, and not seek out the street where the Bruces lived till morning.
"For I ken the place weel," said she, when she heard Lord Cairnforth inquiring for the address Helen had given. "It's ane o' thae high lands in the New Town -- a grand flat wi' a fine ha' door -- and then ye gang up an' up, till at the top flat ye find a bit nest like a bird's -- and the folk living there are as ill off as a bird in winter-time."