When I was well again. we left the Maclarens.
It was neat the end of August. The weather waswarm and beautiful. We had only a little money，and had to hurry on. Alan thought. too，that thehunt for us had almost ended. We could move moreboldly.
我的病好了後，我們就告別了那些麥克拉倫人上路了。當時已是八月下旬，天氣晴朗，也很暖和。我們帶的盤費不多，隻好匆忙趕路。
艾倫也認為對我們的搜捕已經放鬆了，可以更加放心大膽地趕路。
We walked by night and travelled to thesouth- east. The first day we slept at the house ofanother Maclaren. He was one of Duncan ’ sfriends. The next day we lay in warm，dry heather.
That night we reached Allan Water and followedthat stream down. The third morning we lookeddown from a hill - top. Below we saw the town ofStirling and its castle on the plain.
我們晚上行路，朝東南方向走去。第一個白天在另一個麥克拉倫族人的家裏休息。他是鄧肯的朋友。第二天白天，我們躺在暖和、幹燥的灌木叢裏休息。那天夜裏，我們抵達阿倫河後，便沿河走去。第三天早晨，我們從一個山上頭看見平原上的施特林鎮和鎮子裏的那座城堡。
“Now，”Alan said，“you a re in your own la nd a -ga in . If we c a n cros s the Rive r Forth，we s ha ll bes a fe .”
艾倫說：“現在，你又回到自己的家鄉了。咱們要是能渡過福斯河，就可以脫險了。”
Allan Water flowed into the great river. Nearthis place. we found a little island with low.
阿倫河是這條大河的支流。在它們的彙合處，我們找到一個長滿
bushes. Here we made out camp. We could seeStirling Castle and hear the soldiers’drums beating.
Men were working in the fields，and we couldeven hear their words. We lay silent . It was warmand we had food and drink Wa thought our troubleshad almost ended.
低矮灌木的小島，就在那裏露宿了。
在那兒可以看到斯特林城堡，可以聽到士兵們的鼓聲。男人們在地裏勞動，連他們的說話聲我們都聽得到。我們靜靜地躺著。天氣曖和，我們隨身又帶著吃的喝的，就認為基本上平安無事了。
At sunset，the men went home from the fields.