'
'I really think you deserved it, Rupert,' said Anne; 'I cannot pity
you, you ought not to laugh at the pilgrims.'
'Oh! I dare not open my lips before such devotees of crusading,' said
Rupert.
'And pray, Rupert,' said Elizabeth, 'what did you mean by comparing
me to Edie Ochiltree? did you mean to say that you were like
Monkbarns? I never heard that that gentleman fabricated either
legends or curiosities, and made them pass for genuine ancient ones.'
At this moment, happily for Rupert, they came to the top of a small
rising ground, and beheld a farmhouse at about a hundred yards before
them. Rupert whistled long and loud and shrill, and two or three of
the young ladies exclaimed, 'Is this Whistlefar Castle?'
'It is only enchanted,' said Elizabeth; 'clear away the mist of
incredulity from your eyes, and behold keep, drawbridge, tower and
battlement, and loop-hole grates where captives weep.'
It cannot be denied that the young party were a little disappointed
by the aspect of the renowned Whistlefar, but they did ample justice
to all that was to be seen; a few yards of very thick stone wall in
the court, a coat of arms carved upon a stone built into the wall
upside down, and the well-turned arch of the door-way.
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