... so near that many a warrior-heart beat quicker at any unusual blast, and itwas not marvel the queen's terrors should very often affect her attendants. Agnes alone, amid the maiden train,ever ... that I loathe, aye, loathe communication with such as he, and that if it can be that worsetraitor Buchan, that makes me rejoice I have naught before me now but as fair a field as a siege may ... stood a little apart, conversing eagerly and animatedly, and finally separating, with an eager grasp ofthe hand, to perform the duties intrusted to each."Ha! Christine, and thou, fair maiden,"...