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OLD MORTALITY 

By Walter Scott 

VOLUME II. 

CHAPTER I. 

And look how many Grecian tents do stand
Hollow upon this plain--so many hollow factions.
Troilus and Cressida. 

In a hollow of the hill, about a quarter of a mile from the field of
battle, was a shepherd's hut; a miserable cottage, which, as the only
enclosed spot within a moderate distance, the leaders of the presbyterian