About
eleven o'clock
The Maiden was finished soon after , and the guidman of Cairnkibbie retired with his guidwife to rest , and in their waking moments to wonder at the strange events of the day . The fears of evil , resulting from his own conduct , had in a great measure ceased ; but , alas ! they ceased only to be revived in the morning , and increased to a degree that made him still lament having forced the king 's messengers , and harboured a thief . About eleven o'clock of the succeeding day , a horseman , booted and spurred , arrived in great haste at the door of the farm-house of Cairnkibbie , and requested to see the guidman . `` What 's your will , sir ? '' said the farmer to the messenger , as he went to the door . `` I bear his Highness the King 's schedule , to be delivered to William Hume , the tenant of Cairnkibbie . ''