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           --Ye’llsetherupasamarkforclashandscandal.--Ye’llcondemnhertoawearifu’battalationthatcanhavebuttheoneend,forthosethatareagainstyearemairthanthosethatareforye.Amanmayfechtstoutlyhisleelane,butheissairtrauchledbyawife."

           "Iwillreply,"Katrinecried."IamaYester.WhatcognizancedoesYesterbear,AuntGrizel?"

           "Azureachevronorbetweenthreegarbsofthesame,andforbadgealionguardant,wi’theditton’Tholefeud.’"

           "Mymottoismyanswer.Wouldyouhavemeshamemykinandrunfromachallenge?"

           "Butwhatkindo’challenge,mylamb?Ye’llbenaeBlackAgneso’Dunbar--butaminister’swife,fechtin’againstleesandclypesandfausetonguesandignorance--thecauldlawo’thelandandthecaulderlawso’theKirk.Ye’llhaetotholeandtholewi’neveraback-straiko’yourain,andkeepasmilin’faceandahighheidwhenyourheartissick.Yemaunbowtothemyescornandbendthekneetothemthatyourguidsirewouldhaverefusedforhorse-boys,andbeservanttothesilliestbodythatsummonsyeinthenameo’Christ.Haveyemadeyourmarketforthat,mydoo?ThereneverwasYester--orHawkshawneither--thatfearedfeud,butcanyetholesicdreidfu’servitude,dayindayout,inaweehouseinadreichparochinewi’naecompanybuthindsandwabsters?"

           ThegirllookedatDavid,andtherewasthatinhereyeswhichmadehimbothexultantandveryhumble,sothathelongedatoncetosingandtoweep