"Ye'll mairry before that," said Gowrie sharply.
"Can't you trust me?" asked Herries angrily.
"I trust nae one."
"He judges all by himself," said Kind. "Well then, tell us how the marriage can take place. You know that Mr. Herries is being searched for, and if he gets the banns put up, or procures a special license, he will be arrested."
"I know that," snapped Gowrie with a leer, "and I want him to be arrested.
"What!" cried Elspeth, placing herself before her father with a look of dismay, "would you betray him?"
"No, no," said Herries, beginning to see the drift of the old man's plot, "Mr. Gowrie wants to earn the five hundred pounds reward from my cousin."
"Aye, I do that, and save you from being hanged also."
"I don't understand," said Elspeth in bewilderment.
"I do," said Kind, quickly, for he also saw what was meant. "I'll take Mr. Herries to some less dangerous neighbourhood, where he will not be arrested so immediately,--say to some midland town, where the news of the murder will scarcely have penetrated. Mr. Herries' name will not be so known there, and then I'll get a special license, and you can marry him, Elspeth."