‘Sir, the last time I was at your Castle,
You would not let me in;
Now I’m come for my wife and children,
No friendship else I claim.’
XXX
Down the stair Lady Jean came tripping,
With the saut tear in her e’e;
She had a babe in every arm,
And another at her knee.
XXXI
The Captain took her straight in his arms,
—O a happy man was he!—
Saying, ‘Welcome, bonny Jeanie Gordon,
My Countess o’ Cumberland to be!’
FOOTNOTES:
[582] single livery = private’s uniform.
[583] dree = endure.
[584] sheen = shoes.