Jamie's suddenly sniggered.
'How can you lough as such a thing?'
'I'm not laughing at that. I was laughing at the memory of our last visit to Campbell country!'
Conn grinned, though a little shiver of horror gripped his stomach remembering the narrowness of their escape.
'MacIain was sure Colonel Hill would allow him to swear there instead. It only a formality. He'd proved he meant to do it.
'You can't bend English law,' said Mairi sharply. "We've learned that.'