of armour, volunteered to take the place of one of the Clan Chattan who failed to appear. A terrible conflict ensued, during which Torquil and his eight sons all fell defending their chief, who at last fled from the battle-ground unwounded and dishonoured. On hearing of Rothesay's death, Robert III resigned his sceptre to his wily and ambitious brother, and later died broken-hearted when his younger son James was captured by the English king. Albany transferred the regency to his son; but, nineteen years afterwards, the rightful heir returned, and the usurper expiated his own and his father's guilt on the scaffold. The warrants against Simon and his daughter, and Father Clement, were cancelled by the intervention of the Earl of Douglas, and the Church was conciliated with Dwining's ill-gotten wealth. Conachar either became a hermit, or, legend has it, was spirited away by the fairies. Scotland boasts of many distinguished descendants from Henry Gow and his spouse the Fair Maid of Perth. Characters Principal characters in bold Simon Glover, a glove-maker Catherine Glover, his daughter ('Catharine' is the original compositors' spelling; Scott's consistent manuscript 'Catherine' is restored by the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels) Conachar, his apprentice, afterwards Eachin M'Ian, Chief of the Clan Quhele Niel Booshalloch, his herdsman Henry Gow, or Smith, an armourer and burgess Luckie Shoolbred, his housekeeper Father Francis, a Dominican friar Father Clement, a Carthusian monk Oliver Proudfute, a bonnet-maker Bailie Craigdallie Henbane Dwining, an apothecary Sir Patrick Charteris, of Kinfauns, Provost of Perth Kit Henshaw, his servant Prior Anselm, of St Dominic's Convent King Robert III of Scotland [[David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay|David, Duke of Rothsay]], his son The Duke of Albany, the king's brother The Earl of March Louise, a minstrel from Provence Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas The Devil's Dick, one of his followers Sir John Ramorny, the duke's master of the horse Eviot, his page Anthony Bonthron, an assassin Sir Louis Lunden, town-clerk of Perth Lindsay, Earl of Crawford The Earl of Errol, Lord High Constable Torquil of the Oak, Eachin's foster-father Norman nan Ord, one of his sons MacGillie Chattanach, Chief of the Clan Chattan Chapter summary Chrystal Croftangry's Narrative: In discussion with Mrs Baliol, Chrystal Croftangry maintains his preference for setting his stories in less familiar historical periods to allow scope for the imagination. Ch. 1: The narrator provides a sketch of the history and setting