If it hadnae been for that I would have waited and looked for ye mysel ' , let alone giving a hand to the little man . '' -LRB- It was droll how Alan dwelt on Mr. Riach 's stature , for , to say the truth , the one was not much smaller than the other . -RRB- `` So , '' says he , continuing , `` I set my best foot forward , and whenever I met in with any one I cried out there was a wreck ashore . Man , they didnae stop to fash with me ! Ye should have seen them linking for the beach ! And when they got there they found they had had the pleasure of a run , which is aye good for a Campbell . I 'm thinking it was a judgment on the clan that the brig went down in the lump and didnae break . But it was a very unlucky thing for you , that same ; for if any wreck had come ashore they would have hunted high and low , and would soon have found ye . '' CHAPTER XIX THE HOUSE OF FEAR Night fell as we were walking , and the clouds , which had broken up in the afternoon , settled in and thickened , so that it fell , for the season of the year , extremely dark . The way we went was over rough mountainsides ; and though Alan pushed on with an assured manner , I could by no means see how he directed himself . At last , about half-past ten of the clock , we came to the top of a brae , and saw lights below us . It seemed a house door stood open and let out a beam of fire and candle-light ; and all round the house and steading five or six persons were moving hurriedly about , each carrying a lighted brand . `` James must have tint his wits , '' said Alan . `` If this was the soldiers instead of you and me , he would be in a bonny mess . But I dare say he 'll have a sentry on the road , and he would ken well enough no soldiers would find the way that we came . '' Hereupon he whistled three times , in a particular manner . It was strange to see how , at the first sound of it , all the moving torches came to a stand , as if the bearers were affrighted ; and how , at the third , the bustle began again as before . Having thus set folks ' minds at rest , we came down the brae , and were met at the yard gate -LRB- for this place was like a well-doing farm -RRB- by a tall , handsome man of more than fifty , who cried out to Alan in the Gaelic . `` James Stewart , '' said Alan , `` I will ask ye to speak in Scotch , for here is a young gentleman with me that has nane of the other . This is him , '' he added , putting his arm through mine , `` a young gentleman of the Lowlands , and a laird in his country too , but I am thinking it will be the better for his health if we give his name the go-by . ''
James of the Glens turned to me for a moment , and greeted me courteously enough ; the next he had turned to XXXXX .
Alan James Stewart XIX bearers candle-light go-by laird nane third