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Mr
.
Muirhead
laughed
.
"
It
portends
nothing
of
the
kind
.
The
good
work
goes
cannily
on
,
and
the
noble
task
to
which
the
Assembly
of
Divines
at
Westminster
set
itself
is
advanced
by
a
long
mile
.
Man
,
Eben
,
you
folk
at
Bold
live
ower
far
from
the
world
.
It
’
s
the
Kirk
of
Scotland
that
holds
the
balance
to
-
day
and
can
enforce
its
will
on
both
King
and
sectaries
.
Two
days
back
I
had
a
letter
from
that
gospel
-
loving
nobleman
,
the
Earl
of
Loudoun
.
.
.
"
Mr
.
Muirhead
was
mounted
on
his
high
horse
.
He
lit
his
pipe
and
for
the
space
of
half
an
hour
dealt
comprehensively
with
politics
,
labouring
to
show
the
happy
posture
of
affairs
for
what
he
called
the
"
good
cause
.
"
The
Solemn
League
and
Covenant
bound
all
Scotland
in
a
pact
with
the
Lord
,
and
presently
all
England
would
follow
suit
.
There
would
be
soon
that
comfortable
sight
which
had
been
foretold
by
their
godly
fathers
,
a
uniform
Kirk
and
a
pure
Gospel
established
by
law
from
London
to
the
Orkneys
,
and
a
covenanted
Sion
to
which
all
the
peoples
of
the
earth
would
go
up
.
Mr
.
Muirhead
was
eloquent
,
for
he
repeated
a
peroration
which
he
had
once
used
in
the
General
Assembly
.
"
I
have
heard
,
"
he
concluded
,
"
that
in
Woodilee
there
was
a
signing
of
the
Covenant
by
every
soul
that
could
make
a
scart
with
a
pen
.
That
for
your
encouragement
,
Mr
.
David
.
"
Mr
.
Fordyce
shook
his
head
.
"
How
many
appended
their
names
out
of
fear
or
from
mere
carnal
policy
?
Mankind
will
run
like
jukes
after
a
leader
.
I
much
misdoubt
if
there
is
any
spiritual
health
to
be
got
from
following
a
multitude
under
duress
.
I
would
have
left
the
choice
to
every
man
’
s
conscience
.
"
"
You
’
re
not
sound
,
"
cried
Mr
.
Muirhead
.
"
You
’
re
shaky
on
the
fundamentals
,
Mr
.
James
.
I
will
confound
you
out
of
the
Word
.
When
King
Josiah
made
a
solemn
covenant
,
did
he
leave
it
to
ilka
man
’
s
fancy
to
sign
or
no
?
Nay
,
he
caused
all
-
-
all
,
I
say
-
-
in
Jerusalem
and
Benjamin
to
stand
to
it
.
See
Second
Chronicles
thirty
-
four
and
thirty
-
two
.
"
There
was
a
touch
of
asperity
in
the
one
disputant
and
of
recalcitrance
in
the
other
,
so
David
for
good
-
fellowship
’
s
sake
suggested
that
he
might
show
them
the
manse
in
its
new
guise
.
But
at
that
moment
Isobel
appeared
with
word
that
Chasehope
was
at
the
door
seeking
speech
with
the
minister
of
Kirk
Aller
.
At
her
back
appeared
the
fiery
head
of
the
visitor
,
who
was
that
Ephraim
Caird
whom
Mr
.
Muirhead
had
already
praised
as
a
pillar
of
the
Covenant
and
who
farmed
the
largest
tack
in
the
parish
.
He
was
a
big
fellow
,
red
as
a
fox
,
with
a
white
freckled
face
,
no
eyebrows
,
and
greenish
blue
eyes
,
a
man
of
over
forty
,
whose
muscular
frame
was
now
somewhat
overlaid
by
flesh
.
His
mouth
was
small
and
generally
puckered
together
,
a
habit
which
gave
him
an
air
of
thought
and
gravity
.
He
had
been
an
opponent
of
David
Sempill
before
the
call
,
but
had
acquiesced
in
the
majority
vote
and
had
welcomed
the
new
minister
at
the
"
preaching
in
"
with
a
great
show
of
goodwill
.
To
-
day
he
was
apologetic
and
affable
.
He
asked
pardon
for
his
intrusion
-
-
he
would
take
neither
bite
nor
sup
-
-
he
had
heard
that
the
ministers
were
at
the
manse
,
and
he
begged
a
word
with
Mr
.
Muirhead
on
Presbytery
matters
which
would
save
him
a
journey
to
Kirk
Aller
,
when
he
was
busy
with
the
bog
hay
.
So
David
took
the
other
two
to
his
closet
and
left
Chasehope
and
Mr
.
Muirhead
to
their
colloquy
.
Mr
.
Proudfoot
eyed
with
disapproval
the
books
in
the
little
dark
chamber
.
He
was
content
,
he
said
,
with
the
Bible
and
the
Institutes
of
John
Calvin
and
old
Robert
Rollock
’
s
commentary
on
the
Prophet
Daniel
.
He
read
the
lettering
on
one
volume
,
Sancti
Clementi
Opera
,
and
on
another
,
a
work
by
a
Dutch
theologian
,
De
Sancti
Pauli
Epistolis
.
The
word
"
Saint
"
roused
his
ire
.
"
Rags
of
Popery
,
"
he
muttered
,
as
he
banged
the
books
back
on
their
shelves
.
"
What
for
’
Saint
’
Paul
and
not
’
Saint
’
Moses
or
’
Saint
’
Isaiah
?
It
’
s
a
queer
thing
that
Antichrist
should
set
himself
to
miscall
the
godly
Apostles
of
the
New
Testament
and
let
the
auld
prophets
alone
.
You
’
re
a
young
man
,
Mr
.
Sempill
,
and
,
as
is
natural
in
youth
,
with
but
a
small
experience
of
religion
.
Take
the
advice
of
an
older
man
,
and
no
clog
yourself
on
the
road
to
Heaven
with
ower
much
printit
lear
,
when
you
can
put
the
whole
Word
of
God
in
your
pouch
.
"
