He would not go to the house, lest there should be visitors, or some one staying there; he would rather catch Nan on one of her pilgrimages in the country or along the downs, with solitude and silence to aid him in his prayer.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
They had at one time removed her to a distant part of the country, in hopes that absence from the scenes connected with her story might have a salutary effect; but, when her periodical melancholy returned, she became more restless and wretched than usual, and, secretly escaping from her friends, set out on foot, without knowing the road, on one of her pilgrimages to the chapel.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
N.B. The four pilgrimages are Scoon, Dundee, Paisley, and Melrose.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott