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Chapter 15

           ThiswasperhapsarichmanforMull;hewouldhavescarcebeenthoughtsointhesouth;forittookallhehadthewholehousewasturnedupsidedown,andaneighbourbroughtundercontribution,beforehecouldscrapetogethertwentyshillingsinsilver.Theoddshillinghekeptforhimself,protestinghecouldillaffordtohavesogreatasumofmoneylying“lockedup.”Forallthathewasverycourteousandwellspoken,madeusbothsitdownwithhisfamilytodinner,andbrewedpunchinafinechinabowl,overwhichmyrascalguidegrewsomerrythatherefusedtostart.

           Iwasforgettingangry,andappealedtotherichman(HectorMacleanwashisname),whohadbeenawitnesstoourbargainandtomypaymentofthefiveshillings.ButMacleanhadtakenhisshareofthepunch,andvowedthatnogentlemanshouldleavehistableafterthebowlwasbrewed;sotherewasnothingforitbuttositandhearJacobitetoastsandGaelicsongs,tillallweretipsyandstaggeredofftothebedorthebarnfortheirnight’srest.

           Nextday(thefourthofmytravels)wewereupbeforefiveupontheclock;butmyrascalguidegottothebottleatonce,anditwasthreehoursbeforeIhadhimclearofthehouse,andthen(asyoushallhear)onlyforaworsedisappointment.

           AslongaswewentdownaheatheryvalleythatlaybeforeMr.Maclean’shouse,allwentwell;onlymyguidelookedconstantlyoverhisshoulder,andwhenIaskedhimthecause,onlygrinnedatme.

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