Then Mary remembered how nearly the two years of Allan’s absence were over; and she understood well what tryst Maggie had to keep. “We shall be back in Glasgow by the 20th of August. How long will it take you to keep this tryst, Maggie?”
“I would ask a week to go and come again.”
“But would you come again?”
“I would do that whate’er befell.”
“Do you think your lover will be there?”
“He said that.”
“And do you believe in him after two years?”
“Yes. I believe in every word he said. He will be there.”
“You shall be there also, Maggie, though we should have to send special horses and carriages with you. I intend to be back at Drumloch about the 22d, that will give you plenty of time. When you return we will go to Blytheswood Square, until Uncle John gets home.”
“What would take him at all to a heathen country like Russia?”