about ten o'clock
the men sung ; but Macleod scarcely heard them . His last tie with the South had been broken . But not quite . It was about ten o'clock that night that word came to Castle Dare that Dugald the Post had met with an accident that morning while starting from Bunessan ; and that his place had been taken by a young lad who had but now arrived with the bag . Macleod hastily looked over the bundle of newspapers , etc. , they brought him and his eager eyes fell on an envelope , the writing on which made his heart jump . `` Give the lad a half-crown , '' said he . And then he went to his own room .