Guy Mannering Volume I - Chapter XXVIII

In which a night of perilous company and dark counsel unfolds within the ruined vaults of a desolate glen, where the captive observer is unexpectedly aided by an enigmatic gipsy woman named Meg, whose wild energy and strange beneficence bestow both life and a curious treasure upon him. With cautious promise and wary gratitude, he follows her guidance through a wintry wilderness toward uncertain refuge, pondering the weight of honour and secrecy amid the shadowed dangers that still surround him.