Meehaul now directed his steps homewards, literally stunned by the

unexpected cowardice of his enemy
Meehaul now directed his steps homewards, literally stunned by the
unexpected cowardice of his enemy. On approaching his father"s door, he
found Nell M"Collum seated on a stone bench, waiting his arrival.
The moment she espied him she sprang to her feet, and with her usual
eagerness of manner, caught the breast of his coat, and turning him
round towards the moonlight, looked eagerly into his face.