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XIV. The Counterblast

           SohehaddelayedjourneyingtoKirkAller,hopingthathismoodwouldchange,andthatthatwhichwasnowacolddutywouldreviveasaburningmission....SuddenlyapostbroughthimasummonsfromMr.Muirheadtowaituponhimwithoutdelay.

           HerodedowntheriversideinadayofOctobergloomsandshadows.Sometimesawallofhazewoulddropfromthehillssothatthewaterranwanasintheballads,andthewitheringfernandblanchingheathhadthetintsofDecember.Thenalightwindwouldfurltheshroudedskyintofantastictowersandbattlements,throughlongcorridorsofwhichtheblueheavenswouldshinelikeAprilataninfinitedistance,andthebaldmountain-tops,litbysun-gleams,wouldberevealed.Whenherodeoverthecrook-backedbridgeofAller,pasttheburghgallows,hesawthatthedoomsterhadbeenbusyathiswork.Threeraggedscarecrowshunginchains,thefleshalreadygonefromtheirlimbs,andacoveyofobscenebirdsroseathisapproach.StragglersofMontrose,heguessed,andhewonderedhowmanygallows-hillsinScotlandshowedthesamegrimharvest.Thethought,andthefantasticOctoberweather,deepenedthegloomwhichallmorninghadbeengrowingonhim.

           Hefoundanewmanintheminister’schair.ThevictoryofhiscauseseemedtohaveexpandedMr.Muirhead’sperson,sothatheloomedacrosstheoakentablelikeajudgeinhisrobes.Pridepursedhislips,andauthoritysatonhisforehead.Goneweretheairsoftolerantgood-humour,theassumptionofmeekness,thehomelinesswhichhadagreetingandajokeforall.

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