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"
I
am
waiting
to
hear
the
charge
.
"
"
It
is
twofold
.
The
complainants
allege
that
you
have
had
trokings
with
the
Wood
and
the
evil
of
the
Wood
-
-
and
indeed
on
your
own
confession
we
know
that
you
have
frequented
it
when
decent
folk
were
in
their
beds
.
There
are
witnesses
to
depone
to
following
you
to
the
edge
of
the
thing
,
as
you
made
your
way
stealthily
at
dead
of
night
.
On
what
errand
,
Mr
.
Sempill
?
And
in
what
company
?
"
"
That
is
what
I
would
like
fine
to
know
,
"
said
David
.
"
You
were
seen
to
meet
a
woman
.
They
were
simple
folk
who
saw
you
and
not
free
from
superstition
,
so
they
jumped
to
the
conclusion
that
the
woman
was
no
mortal
,
but
the
Queen
of
the
Fairies
.
That
’
s
as
it
may
be
.
You
and
me
are
not
bairns
to
believe
in
fays
and
bogles
.
But
the
fact
that
emerges
is
that
you
were
in
the
Wood
at
night
,
not
once
but
many
times
,
and
that
you
were
seen
in
a
woman
’
s
company
.
That
is
a
fine
report
on
a
minister
of
God
,
and
it
will
want
some
redding
up
,
Mr
.
Sempill
.
"
"
My
movements
were
wholly
innocent
,
and
can
be
simply
explained
,
"
said
David
.
But
the
charge
maddened
him
,
he
blushed
deep
,
and
he
had
much
ado
to
keep
his
tongue
from
stammering
.
He
wrestled
with
a
pagan
desire
to
buffet
Mr
.
Muirhead
violently
on
his
large
authoritative
face
.
"
But
can
you
explain
this
?
"
the
latter
cried
,
for
he
was
not
unconscious
of
David
’
s
confusion
.
"
There
is
a
second
charge
,
and
its
gravamen
is
the
heavier
,
seeing
that
it
alleges
an
offence
both
against
the
will
of
God
and
the
governance
of
this
land
.
On
the
26th
day
of
the
month
of
September
in
this
year
of
grace
there
was
found
in
the
appurtenances
of
the
manse
of
Woodilee
-
-
to
wit
,
in
the
baulks
of
the
stable
atween
the
thatch
and
the
wall
-
-
a
bundle
of
garments
,
including
a
laced
coat
such
as
is
worn
by
malignants
,
and
sundry
other
habiliments
strange
to
the
countryside
,
but
well
kenned
in
the
array
of
caterans
whereof
Montrose
was
the
late
leader
.
It
is
argued
,
therefore
,
that
shelter
was
given
in
the
manse
to
a
fugitive
,
and
that
a
minister
of
the
Kirk
connived
at
the
escape
from
justice
of
one
of
the
Kirk
’
s
oppressors
.
What
say
you
to
that
,
sir
?
"
"
I
say
that
it
is
true
.
"
David
was
not
prepared
for
the
consternation
in
the
other
’
s
face
.
Mr
.
Muirhead
sat
erect
in
his
chair
,
his
head
was
poked
forward
from
between
his
shoulders
like
that
of
a
tortoise
from
its
shell
,
colour
surged
over
cheeks
and
forehead
and
his
bald
crown
,
and
his
voice
,
when
he
found
utterance
,
was
of
an
unnatural
smallness
.
His
careful
speech
broke
down
into
country
dialect
.
