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Chapter 25

           

           “That’sakittlepoint,”returnedtheother.“Theremaybetwowordstosaytothat.ButIthinkIwillhaveheardthatyouareamanofyoursword?”

           “Unlessyewereborndeaf,Mr.Macgregor,yewillhaveheardagooddealmorethanthat,”saysAlan.“IamnottheonlymanthatcandrawsteelinAppin;andwhenmykinsmanandcaptain,Ardshiel,hadatalkwithagentlemanofyourname,notsomanyyearsback,IcouldneverhearthattheMacgregorhadthebestofit.”

           “Doyemeanmyfather,sir?”saysRobin.

           “Well,Iwouldnaewonder,”saidAlan.“ThegentlemanIhaveinmymindhadtheill-tastetoclapCampbelltohisname.”

           “Myfatherwasanoldman,”returnedRobin.

           “Thematchwasunequal.Youandmewouldmakeabetterpair,sir.”

           “Iwasthinkingthat,”saidAlan.

           Iwashalfoutofbed,andDuncanhadbeenhangingattheelbowofthesefightingcocks,readytointerveneupontheleastoccasion.Butwhenthatwordwasuttered,itwasacaseofnowornever;andDuncan,withsomethingofawhitefacetobesure,thrusthimselfbetween.

           “Gentlemen,”saidhe,“Iwillhavebeenthinkingofaverydifferentmatter,whateffer.Herearemypipes,andhereareyoutwogentlemenwhoarebaithacclaimedpipers.It’sanaulddisputewhichoneofye’sthebest.Herewillbeabrawchancetosettleit.”

           “Why,sir,”saidAlan,stilladdressingRobin,fromwhomindeedhehadnotsomuchasshiftedhiseyes,noryetRobinfromhim,“why,sir,”saysAlan,“IthinkIwillhaveheardsomesoughofthesort.

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