Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Katrina. And so was I. Jean. And I. Katrina. But a mere peep at them ? Jean. Yes, come on, Mary. Mary. We might just see how horrible they are. Jean. Sure, they will make us shudder ; Katrina. Or else cry. [A Man meets them. Man. Are you for the show, my girls ? Jean. We aren't your girls. Katrina. Do you mean the heads upon the Scottish Gate ? Man. Ay, that's the show, a pretty one. Jean. Are all The rebels' heads set up ? Man. All, all; their cause Is fallen flat; but go you on and see How wonderly their proud heads are elate. Katrina. Do any look as if they died afeared ? Man. Go and learn that yourselves. And when you mark How grimly addled all the daring is Now in those brains, do as your hearts shall bid you, And that is weep, I hope. Mary. O let's go back. Jean. We have no friends spiked on the Scottish Gate. Man. No ? Well, there's quite a quire of voices there, Blessing the King's just wisdom for his stern Strong policy with the rebels. Mary. Who are those ?— I think it's fiendish to have killed so many. Man. The chattering birds, my lass, and droning flies : They're proper Whigs, are birds and flies,—or else The Whigs are proper crows and carrion-bugs. [He goes on past them. Katrina. A Jacobite ? Jean. That's it, I warrant you. One of the stay-at-homes. Mary. Now promise me, We'll only take a glimpse, girls, a short glimpse. Jean (laughing). Yes, just to see how horrible they are. [They go on towards the gate. The Scottish Gate, Carlisle. Among the crowd. Mary. O why did we come here ? Jean. One, two, three, four— A devil's dozen of them at the least. c Katrina. Poor lads ! They did not need to set them up So high, surely. Which ...