Chapter 50

He paused for effect. "It's a dog--a wee, yelpin' dog." "Whose dog?" "Leddy Claybody's. It seems that at Haripol her leddyship wears the breeks--that the grey mear is the better horse there--and it seems that she's fair besottit on that dog. Benjie was sayin' that if it was lost Macnicol and a'body about the place wad be set lookin' for't, and naething wad be thought of at Haripol till it was fund." Archie rose in consternation. "D'ye mean to say---- How on earth did the beast come here?" "It cam here wi' Benjie. I…