'Ah, this is fortunate!' said my new spark, and helped
himself. In the meanwhile, as our apartment was a corner one,
and looked both east and north, I ran to the eastern casement to
look after Drummond. Now, note me well: I saw him going
eastward in his tartans and bonnet, and the gilded hilt of his
claymore glittering in the moon; and, at the very same time, I saw
two men, the one in black, and the other likewise in tartans,
coming towards the steps from the opposite bank, by the foot of
the loch; and I saw Drummond and they eyeing each other as they
passed. I kept view of him till he vanished towards Leith Wynd,
and by that time the two strangers had come close up under our
window. This is what I wish you to pay particular attention to. I
had only lost sight of Drummond (who had given me his name
and address) for the short space of time that we took in running
up one pair of short stairs; and during that space he had halted a
moment, for, when I got my eye on him again, he had not crossed
the mouth of the next entry, nor proceeded above ten or twelve
paces, and, at the same time, I saw the two men coming down the
bank on the opposite side of the loch, at about three hundred
paces' distance.
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