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And
honey
for
the
bee
-
-
"
Was
there
any
comfort
for
a
stricken
man
on
this
side
of
eternity
?
He
had
a
vision
of
her
face
with
its
proud
laughing
courage
,
he
heard
again
her
voice
coming
faint
and
sweet
from
behind
the
hills
of
death
.
She
was
smiling
,
she
was
saying
something
too
rare
for
mortal
ears
to
catch
,
but
it
seemed
to
thaw
within
him
the
springs
of
life
.
He
lay
long
on
the
turf
,
and
when
at
last
he
raised
his
head
the
dawn
was
breaking
.
The
wind
had
fallen
,
and
into
the
air
had
come
the
softness
of
spring
.
A
thrush
sang
in
the
covert
-
-
he
thought
he
caught
the
scent
of
flowers
.
.
.
.
Of
a
sudden
the
world
righted
itself
and
youth
came
back
to
him
.
He
saw
brightness
again
on
the
roads
of
life
and
a
great
brightness
at
the
end
of
them
,
where
Katrine
was
his
for
ever
among
the
eternal
fields
.
Rab
Prentice
,
limping
out
in
the
early
morning
to
see
to
the
lambing
ewes
in
his
hirsel
,
had
occasion
to
take
a
short
cut
through
the
hazel
shaws
.
He
was
surprised
to
see
a
man
walking
with
great
strides
from
the
coppice
,
and
more
surprised
to
recognize
him
as
the
minister
.
What
did
Mr
.
Sempill
there
at
that
hour
?
He
watched
the
figure
till
it
disappeared
over
the
ridge
,
and
then
went
home
much
puzzled
to
his
cog
of
brose
.
In
after
days
Rab
Prentice
searched
his
memory
for
every
detail
of
that
sight
,
and
often
he
recounted
it
to
breathless
listeners
.
For
his
were
the
last
eyes
in
Woodilee
to
see
the
minister
on
earth
.
Woodilee
was
early
astir
,
for
it
was
to
be
a
day
of
portents
in
the
parish
.
Word
had
come
the
night
before
of
the
judgment
of
the
Presbytery
-
-
that
their
minister
was
deposed
and
excommunicated
,
and
that
Mr
.
Muirhead
of
Kirk
Aller
and
Mr
.
Proudfoot
of
Bold
had
been
deputed
to
preach
the
kirk
vacant
that
very
day
.
There
was
little
work
on
the
farms
,
for
the
lambing
had
scarcely
begun
,
the
ploughing
was
finished
,
and
the
ground
was
not
yet
dry
enough
for
the
seedbed
;
so
the
whole
parish
waited
at
the
kirkyard
gate
.
Resentment
was
still
deep
against
the
minister
as
the
cause
-
-
under
Heaven
-
-
of
the
pestilence
,
and
for
his
high
-
handed
dealings
during
that
time
of
trial
.
There
were
also
the
old
grievances
against
him
,
so
that
those
faithful
to
him
were
very
few
.
Isobel
was
at
Calidon
,
Reiverslaw
had
gone
no
man
knew
where
,
and
only
Amos
Ritchie
and
one
or
two
women
were
left
to
defend
him
.
Strange
news
had
come
about
the
tenant
of
Crossbasket
.
There
had
been
soldiers
seeking
him
with
a
warrant
for
his
apprehension
;
it
seemed
that
the
decent
,
quiet
-
spoken
farmer
-
body
was
Mark
Kerr
,
a
kinsman
of
the
Lord
Roxburghe
,
whose
name
had
appeared
in
many
proclamations
of
the
Kirk
and
the
Estates
,
and
who
since
Philiphaugh
had
been
zealously
sought
for
through
the
length
of
Scotland
.
Men
remembered
his
masterful
ways
and
declared
that
they
had
always
known
that
he
was
gentrice
;
they
remembered
his
handling
of
the
pricker
and
were
confident
that
they
had
detected
his
ungodliness
.
But
that
he
should
have
lived
among
them
gave
them
a
feeling
of
distinction
and
adventure
,
and
the
younger
people
cast
curious
eyes
towards
the
empty
house
of
Crossbasket
.
It
was
the
first
day
that
spring
seemed
to
have
come
into
the
air
,
and
the
congregation
,
waiting
in
the
kirkyard
for
the
arrival
of
the
ministers
,
were
warmed
by
a
mild
and
pleasant
sun
.
The
elders
stood
by
the
gate
,
each
in
his
best
attire
,
wearing
-
-
even
the
miller
-
-
an
air
of
ceremonial
gravity
.
"
This
is
a
great
day
for
Woodilee
,
"
said
Nether
Fennan
,
"
and
a
great
day
for
Christ
’
s
Kirk
in
Scotland
.
We
cleanse
the
tabernacle
of
an
unworthy
vessel
,
and
woe
is
me
that
some
o
’
the
bauldest
and
stenchest
Christians
have
no
lived
to
see
it
.
Peter
Pennecuik
-
-
honest
Peter
had
nae
broo
o
’
Sempill
-
-
clouts
o
’
cauld
morality
,
was
his
word
-
-
Peter
has
gane
ower
soon
to
his
reward
.
"
