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'Stave the miller off him,' said Murray, 'or he will worry him dead. The abbot, my lord, offers us the hospitality of the convent; I move we should repair hither, Sir Piercie

 

Sir Piercie Shafton introducing the Miller's Daughter to Murray and Morton

Sir Piercie Shafton introducing the Miller's Daughter to Murray and Morton

 

and all of us. I must learn to know the Maid of Avenel; to-morrow I must act as her father. All Scotland shall see how Murray can reward a faithful servant.'

Mary Avenel and her lover avoided meeting the abbot, and took up their temporary abode in a house of the village,