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"
Indeed
,
sir
,
"
said
I
,
"
these
months
are
very
easily
filled
up
;
but
yet
before
I
told
my
story
,
I
would
be
glad
to
know
that
I
was
talking
to
a
friend
.
"
"
This
is
to
argue
in
a
circle
,
"
said
the
lawyer
.
"
I
can
not
be
convinced
till
I
have
heard
you
.
I
can
not
be
your
friend
till
I
am
properly
informed
.
If
you
were
more
trustful
,
it
would
better
befit
your
time
of
life
.
And
you
know
,
Mr.
Balfour
,
we
have
a
proverb
in
the
country
that
evil-doers
are
aye
evil-dreaders
.
"
"
You
are
not
to
forget
,
sir
,
"
said
I
,
"
that
I
have
already
suffered
by
my
trustfulness
;
and
was
shipped
off
to
be
a
slave
by
the
very
man
that
(
if
I
rightly
understand
)
is
your
employer
?
"
All
this
while
I
had
been
gaining
ground
with
Mr.
Rankeillor
,
and
in
proportion
as
I
gained
ground
,
gaining
confidence
.
But
at
this
sally
,
which
I
made
with
something
of
a
smile
myself
,
he
fairly
laughed
aloud
.
"
No
,
no
,
"
said
he
,
"
it
is
not
so
bad
as
that
.
Fui
,
non
sum
.
I
was
indeed
your
uncle
's
man
of
business
;
but
while
you
(
imberbis
juvenis
custode
remoto
)
were
gallivanting
in
the
west
,
a
good
deal
of
water
has
run
under
the
bridges
;
and
if
your
ears
did
not
sing
,
it
was
not
for
lack
of
being
talked
about
.
On
the
very
day
of
your
sea
disaster
,
Mr.
Campbell
stalked
into
my
office
,
demanding
you
from
all
the
winds
.
I
had
never
heard
of
your
existence
;
but
I
had
known
your
father
;
and
from
matters
in
my
competence
(
to
be
touched
upon
hereafter
)
I
was
disposed
to
fear
the
worst
.
Mr.
Ebenezer
admitted
having
seen
you
;
declared
(
what
seemed
improbable
)
that
he
had
given
you
considerable
sums
;
and
that
you
had
started
for
the
continent
of
Europe
,
intending
to
fulfil
your
education
,
which
was
probable
and
praiseworthy
.
Interrogated
how
you
had
come
to
send
no
word
to
Mr.
Campbell
,
he
deponed
that
you
had
expressed
a
great
desire
to
break
with
your
past
life
.
Further
interrogated
where
you
now
were
,
protested
ignorance
,
but
believed
you
were
in
Leyden
.
That
is
a
close
sum
of
his
replies
.
I
am
not
exactly
sure
that
any
one
believed
him
,
"
continued
Mr.
Rankeillor
with
a
smile
;
"
and
in
particular
he
so
much
disrelished
me
expressions
of
mine
that
(
in
a
word
)
he
showed
me
to
the
door
.
We
were
then
at
a
full
stand
;
for
whatever
shrewd
suspicions
we
might
entertain
,
we
had
no
shadow
of
probation
.
In
the
very
article
,
comes
Captain
Hoseason
with
the
story
of
your
drowning
;
whereupon
all
fell
through
;
with
no
consequences
but
concern
to
Mr.
Campbell
,
injury
to
my
pocket
,
and
another
blot
upon
your
uncle
's
character
,
which
could
very
ill
afford
it
.
And
now
,
Mr.
Balfour
,
"
said
he
,
"
you
understand
the
whole
process
of
these
matters
,
and
can
judge
for
yourself
to
what
extent
I
may
be
trusted
.
"
Indeed
he
was
more
pedantic
than
I
can
represent
him
,
and
placed
more
scraps
of
Latin
in
his
speech
;
but
it
was
all
uttered
with
a
fine
geniality
of
eye
and
manner
which
went
far
to
conquer
my
distrust
.
Moreover
,
I
could
see
he
now
treated
me
as
if
I
was
myself
beyond
a
doubt
;
so
that
first
point
of
my
identity
seemed
fully
granted
.
"
Sir
,
"
said
I
,
"
if
I
tell
you
my
story
,
I
must
commit
a
friend
's
life
to
your
discretion
.
Pass
me
your
word
it
shall
be
sacred
;
and
for
what
touches
myself
,
I
will
ask
no
better
guarantee
than
just
your
face
.
"
He
passed
me
his
word
very
seriously
.
"
But
,
"
said
he
,
"
these
are
rather
alarming
prolocutions
;
and
if
there
are
in
your
story
any
little
jostles
to
the
law
,
I
would
beg
you
to
bear
in
mind
that
I
am
a
lawyer
,
and
pass
lightly
.
"
Thereupon
I
told
him
my
story
from
the
first
,
he
listening
with
his
spectacles
thrust
up
and
his
eyes
closed
,
so
that
I
sometimes
feared
he
was
asleep
.
But
no
such
matter
!
he
heard
every
word
(
as
I
found
afterward
)
with
such
quickness
of
hearing
and
precision
of
memory
as
often
surprised
me
.
Even
strange
outlandish
Gaelic
names
,
heard
for
that
time
only
,
he
remembered
and
would
remind
me
of
,
years
after
.
Yet
when
I
called
Alan
Breck
in
full
,
we
had
an
odd
scene
.
The
name
of
Alan
had
of
course
rung
through
Scotland
,
with
the
news
of
the
Appin
murder
and
the
offer
of
the
reward
;
and
it
had
no
sooner
escaped
me
than
the
lawyer
moved
in
his
seat
and
opened
his
eyes
.
