That was the story that Agatha related to Baillie early in September, when he was fit to hear it.
Baillie, in command of new levies of some 10,000 men, was thwarted by a committee of Argyll and other noble amateurs.
The Faas and their partisans, on reading this work, will not overwell relish the prominence given to the Baillie clan.
But before sending that note, which delighted Stuart's soul when it came, Baillie Pegram had done a world of earnest work.
Not until it had made the turn in the road did Baillie approach Agatha.
