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Updated: May 16, 2025
'It's the wull o' God 'at's accoontable for him, wuman! answered David, sitting down beside her, and laying hold of her arm. She burst into terrible weeping. 'He maun be sair at hame wi' the bonny man! said Kirsty. 'Lassie, said David, 'you and me and yer mither, we hae naething left but be better bairns, and gang the fester to the bonny man! Whaur's what's left o' the laddie, Kirsty?
'Lassie, are ye dementit? her mother almost screamed. 'We're this minute come frae there! 'He is wi' Phemy, mother. The Lord canna surely hae pairtit them, gangin in maist haudin hans! 'Kirsty, I haud ye accoontable for my Steenie! cried Marion, sinking on a chair, and covering her face with her hands.
But afore ye gang it's but fair to tell ye only I wadna like to be hauden ower strickly accoontable for the opingon, seein' its no my profession, as they ca' 't, but I hae dune my best, an gien I be i' the wrang, I naither hae nor had ony ill design intil' 't. "Bless my soul!" cried the laird, with more impatience than Cosmo had ever seen him show, "is the man mad, or does he take me for a fool?"
But Malcolm, who, when the factor appeared, had moved aside to keep Kelpie out of mischief, and saw only the second of the two assaults, came forward with a scramble and a bound. "Haud awa, Peter," he cried. "This belangs to me. I ga'e him back 's whup, an' sae I'm accoontable.
Some said he had sellt himsel' to the deevil, but I'm thinkin' that wasna necessar'. He was to get him ony gait! An' wad ye believe't, it's baith said and believt 'at he cam by's deith i' some exterordnar w'y, no accoontable for, but plainly no canny. Ae thing's sure as deith itsel', he was ta'en suddent, an' i' the verra hoose whaur, mony a lang year afore, he commitit the deed o' darkness!"
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