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Re-enter Allen, snapping his fingers, and footing the ground, as he speaks.

ALLEN.

I've seen him, Sirs; I have had words of him.

FIRST HIGHLANDER.

Had words of whom?

ALLEN.

Of the young laird himself.

OMNES.

Hast thou? and is he coming to the green?

ALLEN.

He bade me say he'll join you in the evening.

OMNES.

And not till then?

ALLEN.

Some strangers have arrived.

And I have seen them too: the lady's mounted
Upon a milk-white nag; and o'er her saddle
A scarlet cloth is spread, both deep and wide,
With bobs and fringes deck'd right gallantly;
And in her riding gear she sits with grace
That might become the daughter of a chief,
Ay, or the king himself.

FIRST HIGHLANDER.

Perhaps it is the Glasgow provost's daughter,