In which the hall of the castle fills with Highland chiefs and restless preparation, while the brooding Allan M’Aulay, visited by a dark and troubled fit, is consoled and restored by the delicate music and song of the youthful Annot Lyle. Amid convivial bustle and whispered forebodings, the steadfast Lord Menteith listens to Allan’s grim prophetic visions, even as they turn their minds to the stirrings of war and the muster of clans.