The Monastery Chapter 35

In which young Halbert Glendinning, guided by chance and cautious trust, joins the formidable Earl of Murray’s retinue after a journey marked by rural hospitality and the ever-present peril of civil strife. The Earl, a man of princely bearing and mingled virtues and faults, quickly discerns the mettle of the humble youth, whose courage and openness begin to win favour amid the turbulent factionalism of Scotland.