Andsometimes，ifpapaandmammawerenotinthewaytokeepthemontheirgoodbehaviour，theMisseswouldtitteralittle。TheoldLairdofDuchranwouldalsohavehisoccasionaljest，andtheoldladyherremark。EventheBaroncouldnotrefrain；buthereRoseescapedeveryembarrassmentbutthatofconjecture，forhiswitwasusuallycouchedinaLatinquotation。
Theveryfootmensometimesgrinnedtoobroadly，themaid-servantsgiggledmayhaptooloud，andaprovokingairofintelligenceseemedtopervadethewholefamily。AliceBean，theprettymaidofthecavern，who，afterherfather’s_misfortune，_
asshecalledit，hadattendedRoseasfille-de-chambre，smiledandsmirkedwiththebestofthem。RoseandEdward，however，enduredalltheselittlevexatiouscircumstancesasotherfolkshavedonebeforeandsince，andprobablycontrivedtoobtainsomeidemnification，sincetheyarenotsupposed，onthewhole，tohavebeenparticularlyunhappyduringWaverley’ssixdays’
stayattheDuchran。
ItwasfinallyarrangedthatEdwardshouldgotoWaverley-Honourtomakethenecessaryarrangementsforhismarriage，thencetoLondontotakethepropermeasuresforpleadinghispardon，andreturnassoonaspossibletoclaimthehandofhisplightedbride。HealsointendedinhisjourneytovisitColonelTalbot；butaboveall，itwashismostimportantobjecttolearnthefateoftheunfortunateChiefofGlennaquoich；tovisithimatCarlisle，andtotrywhetheranythingcouldbedoneforprocuring，ifnotapardon，acommutationatleast，oralleviation，ofthepunishmenttowhichhewasalmostcertainofbeingcondemned；-andincaseoftheworst，toofferthemiserableFloraanasylumwithRose，orotherwisetoassistherviewsinanymodewhichmightseempossible。ThefateofFergusseemedhardtobeaverted。EdwardhadalreadystriventointeresthisfriendColonelTalbotinhisbehalf；buthadbeengivendistinctlytounderstand，byhisreply，thathiscreditinmattersofthatnaturewastotallyexhausted。