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"Do not venture near till we see if you are needed," said he to me, and went forward alone to where the man was bogged. He was quiet now, though he still held the pistol; and the marks of terror in his countenance were very moving to behold. "For the Lord's sake," says he, "look sharp." Ballantrae was now got close up.
We are Jacobite fugitives, and there is a price upon our heads." At this, the Albanian was plainly moved a little. He asked us many questions as to the Scotch war, which Ballantrae very patiently answered. And then, with a wink, in a vulgar manner, "I guess you and your Prince Charlie got more than you cared about," said he.
Stevenson assigns to Mackellar the task of narrating "The Master of Ballantrae": but when the Master disappears and Mackellar remains at home with Mr. Henry, it is necessary for the author to invent a second personage, the Chevalier de Burke, to tell the story of the Master's wanderings.
The swarthy man answered to the name of Ballantrae; he of the dreamy eyes was sometimes called Balmile, and sometimes my Lord, or my Lord Gladsmuir; but when the title was given him, he seemed to put it by as if in jesting, not without bitterness. The mistral blew in the city.
It was the first time Ballantrae had visited that wine-seller's, the first time he had seen the wife; and his eyes were true to her. "I perceive your reason for carrying me to this very draughty tavern," he said at last. "I believe it is propinquity," returned Balmile. "You play dark," said Ballantrae, "but have a care! Be more frank with me, or I will cut you out.
We were awaked by the dreadful thunder of the tempest and the stamping of the mariners on deck; so that I supposed our last hour was certainly come; and the terror of my mind was increased out of all measure by Ballantrae, who mocked at my devotions. I would be unworthy of my religion if I let this pass without particular remark.
Truly this is a most impertinent pupil! 'The Master of Ballantrae. It sounds like Sir Walter, and yet The professor hesitates and is lost. "Scott," says he, with as good an air as he can command. "Wrong," cries she, clapping her hands softly, noiselessly. "Oh! you ignorant man! Go buy that book at once. It will do you more good and teach you a great deal more than any of your musty tomes."
Indeed a blind man must have soon discovered there was a shadow on that house, the shadow of the Master of Ballantrae. Henry, and nothing but regret and praise for the Master; and his rival at home, not only with his father and his wife, but with the very servants. They were two old serving-men that were the leaders. None durst go so far as John. He took a pleasure in disregarding Mr.
"My dear man," said the Colonel, "Ballantrae is a gentleman of the most eminent natural abilities, and a man that I admire, and that I revere, to the very ground he treads on." And then he seemed to me to pause like one in a difficulty. "But for all that," said I, "we are likely to get little good by him?" "Sure, and you can have it your own way, my dear man," says the Colonel.
It was the merest drunken braggadocio at such a stage, and might have lost us a valuable prize; but I thought it no part of mine to reason, and I ran up the black flag with my own hand. Ballantrae steps presently aft with a smile upon his face. "You may perhaps like to know, you drunken dog," says he, "that you are chasing a king's ship."
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