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"I don't know what you mean by that, Malcolm." "I mean, mem, 'at a blin' man, like my gran'father, canna ken himsel' richt, seein' he canna ken ither fowk richt. It's by kennin' ither fowk 'at ye come to ken yersel, mem isna't noo?" "Blindness surely doesn't prevent a man from knowing other people.
"That micht hae been written for me, Paitrick, or ony ither auld sinner that hes feenished his life, an' hes naethin' tae say for himsel'. "It wesna easy for me tae get tae kirk, but a' cud hae managed wi' a stretch, an' a' used langidge a' sudna, an' a' micht hae been gentler, and not been so short in the temper. A' see't a' noo.
'Ye maun speir at himsel', returned Robert, 'an' jist tell him 'at ye dinna ken, but ye'll do onything 'at he likes. With these words he took his leave hurriedly, somewhat amazed to find that he had given the soutar the strange advice to try just what he had tried so unavailingly himself.
Ye are ane like the elder brother; ye hae 'served him many years and transgressed not at any time his commandment; but this dear lad is his younger son still his son, mind ye and he'll win hame again to his Father's house. What for not? He's the bairn o' many prayers. Gae awa to your ain room, deacon; I'll keep the watch wi' him. He'd rather see me nor you when he comes to himsel'."
His crew was nae better nor himsel'. Weel, when they had been at sea twa or three months, Jock cam on deck ae mornin', and, 'Donald, says he to his mate, 'd'ye not see land yonder to starboard? "'Ay, sir, says Donald; 'I'm just thinkin' it will be the West Indies. "'You're right there, Donald, the West Indies it is, says Jock.
He's set himsel' agin me; he's misca'd me; he's robbed me o' ma Cup; last of all, he struck me struck me afore them a'. We've toiled for him, you and I, Wullie; we've slaved to keep him in hoose an' hame, an' he's passed his time, the while, in riotous leevin', carousin' at Kenmuir, amusin' himself' wi' his " He broke off short.
"Weel, that's a vertue. The Saviour himsel' garred them gaither up the fragments." "Nae doobt. But I'm feared Bruce wad hae coontit the waste by hoo mony o' the baskets gaed by his door. I'm surprised at ye, Mr Crann, tryin' to defen' sic a meeserable crater, jist 'cause he gangs to your kirk." "Weel, he is a meeserable crater, and I canna bide him.
"Deil a drap or drap o' whusky, or oucht else, yer lordship's hae fra my han' this nicht nae mair nor gien ye war a bairn 'at wantit poother to blaw himsel' up wi'! Ye hae had ower muckle a'ready, gien ye war but cawpable o' un'erstan'in', or failin' that, o' believin' an honest wuman 'at kens what state ye are in better nor ye du yersel'. A bonny lordship!" she muttered to herself as she turned from him.
'Well, have you got anything, Robert? asked Ericson, as he entered his room. 'Nothing, answered Robert. 'What was the sermon about? 'It was all to prove that God is a benevolent being. 'Not a devil, that is, answered Ericson. 'Small consolation that. 'Sma' eneuch, responded Robert. Soulis made oot to be in God himsel'. He had no ill intentions wi' us it amuntit to that.
A pause followed, and then the narrator, or rather commentator, resumed. "I'm thinkin' whan he begud to ken himsel' growin' auld, his deed cam back upon 'im fresh-like, an' that wad be hoo he cudna bide to hae my lady oot o' the sicht o' his een, or at least ayont the cry o' his tongue.
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