Chapter XVII 

The King's Blood Hound 

The only other event which occurred throughout the winter was the arrival of a fishing boat with a messenger from one of the king's adherents, and the news which he brought filled them with sorrow and dismay. Kildrummy had been threatened with a siege, and the queen, Bruce's sisters Christine and Mary, his daughter Marjory, and the other ladies accompanying them, deemed it prudent to leave the castle and take refuge in the sanctuary of St. Duthoc, in Ross shire. 

The sanctuary was violated by the Earl of Ross and his followers, and the ladies and their escort delivered up to Edward's lieutenants and sent to England. The knights and squires who formed the escort were all executed, and the ladies committed to various places of confinement, where most of them remained in captivity of the strictest and most rigorous kind until after the battle of Bannockburn, eight years later. The Countess of Buchan, who had crowned Bruce at Scone, and who was one of the party captured at St. Duthoc, received even fouler treatment, by Edward's especial orders, being placed in a cage on one of the turrets of Berwick Castle so constructed that she could be seen by all who passed; and in this cruel imprisonment she was kept like a wild beast for seven long years by a Christian king whom his admirers love to hold up as a model of chivalry. 

Kildrummy had been besieged and taken by treachery. The king's brother, Nigel Bruce, was carried to Berwick, and was there hanged and beheaded. Christopher Seaton and his brother Alexander, the Earl of Athole, Sir Simon Fraser, Sir Herbert de Moreham, Sir David Inchmartin, Sir John Somerville, Sir Walter Logan, and many other Scotchmen of noble degree, had also been captured and executed, their only offence being that they had fought for their country. 
who violated the sanctuary?
what happened to the ladies and their ecorts?
how was Kildrummy taken?
what happened to the escorts?
and the ladies?
how long were they imprisoned?
who arrived on the fishing boat?
what did the news make them feel?
what did they think they needed to do?
what happened to the kings brother?
his name?
what was his fate?
how many people are listed that were killed?
who were this people?
what was their crime?
who is bruces daughter?
does bruce have sisters?
names?
where was the sanctuary?
who received the worst treatment?
Earl of Ross
he sanctuary was violated by the Earl of Ross and his followers
d the ladies and their escort delivered up to Edward's lieutenant
d the ladies and their escort delivered up to Edward's lieutenant
threatened with a siege,
ildrummy had been threatened with a siege, 
all executed,
The knights and squires who formed the escort were all executed,
committed to various places of confinement,
 and the ladies committed to various places of confinement,
until after the battle
here most of them remained in captivity of the strictest and most rigorous kind until after the battle of Bannockburn,
a messenger
The only other event which occurred throughout the winter was the arrival of a fishing boat with a messenger from one of the king's adherents
filled them with sorrow and dismay
and the news which he brought filled them with sorrow and dismay
to leave the castle and take refug
d the queen, Bruce's sisters Christine and Mary, his daughter Marjory, and the other ladies accompanying them, deemed it prudent to leave the castle and take refug
carried to Berwick,
he king's brother, Nigel Bruce, was carried to Berwick,
Nigel Bruce,
The king's brother, Nigel Bruce,
hunged and beheaded.
The king's brother, Nigel Bruce, was carried to Berwick, and was there hanged and beheaded.
Eight
ristopher Seaton and his brother Alexander, the Earl of Athole, Sir Simon Fraser, Sir Herbert de Moreham, Sir David Inchmartin, Sir John Somerville, Sir Walter Logan
Scotchmen of noble degree
many other Scotchmen of noble degree
being that they had fought for their country.
 being that they had fought for their country.
Marjory
Bruce's sisters Christine and Mary, his daughter Marjor
yes
 Bruce's sisters Christine and Mary
Christine and Mary,
 Bruce's sisters Christine and Mary,
in Ross shire
sanctuary of St. Duthoc, in Ross shire
the ladies
d the ladies committed to various places of confinement, where most of them remained in captivity of the strictest and most rigorous kind until after the battle of Bannockburn