. The true story book . to Ormaclade, whereLady Clanranald entered heartily into the plan. Among her storesthey chose a light coloured quilted petticoat, a flowered gown— PRINCE CHARLIES WANDERINGS 81 lilac flowers on a white ground, to be particular—an apron and along dulHe cloak. Fortunately Highland women are tall and large,for the Princes height, 5 feet 10 inches, though moderate for a man,looked ungainly enough in petticoats. It was Friday the 25th before the way was clear for Flora andLady Clanranald to meet the Prince at the rendezvous at Benbecula. The four intervening day
. The true story book . to Ormaclade, whereLady Clanranald entered heartily into the plan. Among her storesthey chose a light coloured quilted petticoat, a flowered gown— PRINCE CHARLIES WANDERINGS 81 lilac flowers on a white ground, to be particular—an apron and along dulHe cloak. Fortunately Highland women are tall and large,for the Princes height, 5 feet 10 inches, though moderate for a man,looked ungainly enough in petticoats. It was Friday the 25th before the way was clear for Flora andLady Clanranald to meet the Prince at the rendezvous at Benbecula. The four intervening days had been full of difficultiesfor Charles and ONeal. The fords between the two islands were sowell guarded that there was no chance of their being able to crossthem on foot; they had no boat, and the hours were passing for themin an agony of suspense. At last they risked asking a chance boatwhich was passing to set them across, and accomplished the passagein safety. But when they did arrive at the hut at Rossinish,. cold, wet, and wearied, they found that a party of militia were en-camped within half a mile, and that the soldiers came everymorning to that very hut for milk. Charles was by this timeaccustomed to the feeling that he was carrying his life in his daybreak he had to leave the hut to make room for his pursuers,all day he had to lie in an unsheltered fissure of a rock, where therain—the heavy, relentless rain of the West Highlands—poureddown on him; if it did clear at all, then that other plague of theHighlands, swarms of midges, nearly drove him distracted. OnFriday the militiamen moved off, and the way being clear, Lady(Ilanranald, Miss Flora Macdonald, and a certain Mrs. Macdoiiald ofKirkibost came to visit him and ONeal in their hut, bringing the G 82 PRINCE CHAELIES WANDERINGS female attire with them. These loyal ladies found their lawfulsovereign roasting a sheeps liver on a spit; but neither discomfort,danger, nor dirt could do away with the c
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