Excerpt from The Braes of Yarrow, Vol. 2 of 3 As an addition to his discomfort, the night was dark and cold. Heavy rains had cleared away the snow, and had swollen streams and rivers, so that it became a serious matter to ford the Ettrick. Seeking the safest part to ford, Pate and his companion rode cautiously down the water side. The former had not the slightest thought of helping the journey with good humour; he was surly and Silent. He was all the more surly when he heard Horme chuckling to himself, as if he had fallen upon some excellent jest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.