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Chapter 18
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Whereuponhegavemebothofhis,sayingsurelyIhadcastaspelluponhim,forhecouldforgivemeanything.Thenhegrewverygrave,andsaidwehadnotmuchtimetothrowaway,butmustbothfleethatcountry:he,becausehewasadeserter,andthewholeofAppinwouldnowbesearchedlikeachamber,andeveryoneobligedtogiveagoodaccountofhimself;andI,becauseIwascertainlyinvolvedinthemurder.
“O!”saysI,willingtogivehimalittlelesson,“Ihavenofearofthejusticeofmycountry.”
“Asifthiswasyourcountry!”saidhe.“Orasifyewouldbetriedhere,inacountryofStewarts!”
“It’sallScotland,”saidI.
“Man,Iwhileswonderatye,”saidAlan.“ThisisaCampbellthat’sbeenkilled.Well,it’llbetriedinInverara,theCampbells’headplace;withfifteenCampbellsinthejury-boxandthebiggestCampbellofall(andthat’stheDuke)sittingcockingonthebench.Justice,David?Thesamejustice,byalltheworld,asGlenurefoundawhileagoattheroadside.”
Thisfrightenedmealittle,Iconfess,andwouldhavefrightenedmemoreifIhadknownhownearlyexactwereAlan’spredictions;indeeditwasbutinonepointthatheexaggerated,therebeingbutelevenCampbellsonthejury;thoughastheotherfourwereequallyintheDuke’sdependence,itmatteredlessthanmightappear.Still,IcriedoutthathewasunjusttotheDukeofArgyle,who(forallhewasaWhig)wasyetawiseandhonestnobleman.
