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From
Amos
Ritchie
he
had
a
different
answer
.
Amos
,
since
his
wife
’
s
death
,
had
gone
about
with
bent
shoulders
and
a
grey
face
,
and
had
sat
for
long
hours
in
his
smithy
beside
a
dead
fire
.
There
David
found
him
,
and
propounded
his
request
.
"
I
’
ll
do
your
will
,
sir
,
"
was
the
answer
.
"
I
’
ve
sae
little
left
to
live
for
that
I
’
ve
the
less
to
fear
.
But
there
’
ll
be
need
o
’
mair
than
you
and
me
,
for
the
parish
is
dementit
,
and
daft
folk
are
ill
to
guide
.
The
first
thing
is
to
get
the
deid
buried
.
For
God
’
s
sake
dinna
speak
of
burnin
’
,
for
though
the
body
is
but
our
earthly
tenement
,
burnin
’
is
ower
like
the
Deil
’
s
wark
.
"
That
night
Katrine
came
again
,
and
with
her
Mark
Riddel
.
The
soldier
had
lost
something
of
his
bluff
composure
,
and
a
troubled
eye
met
David
’
s
.
"
I
have
been
listening
to
a
sermon
on
courage
,
"
he
said
ruefully
.
Katrine
pointed
a
mocking
finger
at
him
.
"
He
would
run
away
,
"
she
said
,
"
he
,
the
old
soldier
of
a
hundred
battles
.
"
"
’
Deed
and
I
would
.
A
hundred
battles
,
nor
a
thousand
battles
,
wouldna
reconcile
me
to
the
pest
.
I
could
name
you
many
a
bold
captain
who
at
the
rumour
of
pestilence
shifted
his
leaguer
,
though
he
would
have
held
his
ground
before
all
the
Emperor
’
s
armies
.
But
it
seems
I
must
take
my
orders
from
this
child
,
when
I
hoped
to
slip
off
cannily
to
a
cleaner
countryside
.
.
.
.
Ugh
,
Katrine
,
my
dear
,
I
wish
you
had
set
me
an
easier
task
than
to
sweep
the
midden
of
Woodilee
and
turn
sexton
.
"
"
It
’
s
an
armed
and
mailed
sexton
you
must
be
,
"
she
said
.
"
You
may
have
to
put
reason
into
the
folk
with
the
flat
of
your
sword
.
Comfort
yourself
,
Mr
.
Mark
,
this
task
is
not
so
much
unlike
that
you
were
bred
to
.
"
The
soldier
grew
visibly
more
cheerful
when
he
heard
that
there
were
only
three
volunteers
for
the
business
.
"
There
’
s
trouble
brewing
,
then
,
"
he
said
,
"
and
it
’
s
God
’
s
mercy
that
I
’
ve
won
a
certain
respect
in
the
parish
,
for
it
looks
as
if
more
persuasion
would
be
needed
than
a
good
word
and
a
clap
on
the
back
.
When
do
we
start
our
dowie
job
,
for
I
confess
I
would
sooner
be
at
it
than
thinking
of
it
?
"
