`` Ah , we 're a fine lot , and that is only the beginning of our larks . We have n't got the pipes here or we 'd , ` Sing for you , play for you A dulcy melody , ' '' answered Charlie , looking much elated at her praise . `` I did not know we were Scotch ; papa never said anything about it , or seemed to care about Scotland , except to have me sing the old ballads , '' said Rose , beginning to feel as if she had left America behind her somewhere . `` Neither did we till lately . We 've been reading Scott 's novels , and all of a sudden we remembered that our grandfather was a Scotchman . So we hunted up the old stories , got a bagpipe , put on our plaids , and went in , heart and soul , for the glory of the Clan . We 've been at it some time now , and it 's great fun . Our people like it , and I think we are a pretty canny set . '' Archie said this from the other coach-step , where he had perched , while the rest climbed up before and behind to join in the chat as they rested . `` I 'm Fitzjames and he 's Roderick Dhu , and we 'll give you the broadsword combat some day . It 's a great thing , you 'd better believe , '' added the Prince . `` Yes , and you should hear Steve play the pipes . He makes 'em skirl like a good one , '' cried Will from the box , eager to air the accomplishments of his race . `` Mac 's the fellow to hunt up the old stories and tell us how to dress right , and pick out rousing bits for us to speak and sing , '' put in Geordie , saying a good word for the absent Worm . `` And what do you and Will do ? '' asked Rose of Jamie , who sat beside her as if bound to keep her in sight till the promised gift had been handed over . `` Oh , I 'm the little foot-page , and do errands , and Will and Geordie are the troops when we march , and the stags when we hunt , and the traitors when we want to cut any heads off . '' `` They are very obliging , I 'm sure , '' said Rose , whereat the `` utility men '' beamed with modest pride and resolved to enact Wallace and Montrose as soon as possible for their cousin 's special benefit . `` Let 's have a game of tag , '' cried the Prince , swinging himself up to a beam with a sounding slap on Stevie 's shoulder . Regardless of his gloves , Dandy tore after him , and the rest swarmed in every direction as if bent on breaking their necks and dislocating their joints as rapidly as possible .
It was a new and astonishing spectacle to XXXXX , fresh from a prim boarding-school , and she watched the active lads with breathless interest , thinking their antics far superior to those of Mops , the dear departed monkey .
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