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He was here interrupted by Dinmont, who came hastily after them up the road unseen till he was near the party:—"Captain, Captain! ye're wanted—Ye're wanted by her ye ken o'."
And immediately Meg Merrilies, as if emerging out of the earth, ascended from the hollow-way, and stood before them. "I sought ye at the house," she said, "and found but him, (pointing to Dinmont;) but ye are right, and I am wrang. It is here we should meet, on this very spot. Remember your promise, and follow me."
