Logan ran to the window, and, behold, there was indeed
Robert Wringhim Colwan (now the Laird of Dalcastle) coming
forward almost below their window, walking arm in arm with
another young man; and, as the two passed, the latter looked up
and made a sly signal to the two dames, biting his lip, winking
with his left eye, and nodding his head. Mrs. Calvert was
astonished at this recognizance, the young man's former
companion having made exactly such another signal on the night
of the duel, by the light of the moon; and it struck her, moreover,
that she had somewhere seen this young man's face before. She
looked after him, and he winked over his shoulder to her; but she
was prevented from returning his salute by her companion, who
uttered a loud cry, between a groan and shriek, and fell down on
the floor with a rumble like a wall that had suddenly been
undermined. She had fainted quite away, and required all her
companion's attention during the remainder of the evening, for
she had scarcely ever well recovered out of one fit before she fell
into another, and in the short intervals she raved like one
distracted or in a dream.
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