CHAPTER IV - THE CAPTIVE HAWK
"Altho' his back be at the wa',
Another was the fautor;
Altho' his back be at the wa',
Yet here's his health in water
He gat the skaith, he gat the scorn,
I lo'e him but the better;
Tho' in the muir I hide forlorn,
I'll drink his health in water.
Altho' his back be at the wa',
Yet here's his health in water!"
Jacobite Ballad.
"In short, sir, though you can be infernally provoking, it has been a pleasure to serve you."
STEVENSON, St. Ives.