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Cross it out! Blot it out! It is a shame to the white pages." "Is there here any man or woman who will do Mistress Sabiston's will, and cross out Liot Borson's name for her?" asked the minister. There was a deep, emphatic "No!" And the minister continued: "I would myself rather cut off my right hand than cross out the name of one who has passed far beyond our jurisdiction.
Liot stood in a breathing stupor until all was over, and then got back somehow to his desolate home. Paul Borson's wife had taken the child away with her, and other women had tidied the room and left a pot of tea on the hob and a little bread and meat on the table. He was alone at last. He slipped the wooden bolt across the door, and then sat down to think and to suffer.
It is Paul Borson you are asking for?" "Yes, mother." "He went out in his boat with his four sons one night. The boat came back empty. It is two years since." "I am Liot Borson's son." "You?" "Yes. Have I any kin left?" "There is your far-cousin Nanna. She was Paul's one daughter, and he saw the sun shine through her eyes. She is but sadly off now.
"All is as I have told you." "But, according to your testimony, Liot Borson's guilt rests on your dreams. That is a poor foundation." "I have always been a foresighted woman a great dreamer and I dream true." "But I know not how to call a kirk meeting on a dream." "Was the Bible written for yesterday or for to-day?" "It was written for every day, unto the end of time." "Then look to it.
She said: "I will not again think of the evil words; it is a wrong to Liot. I will not tell them to him; he would go to Matilda, and there would be more trouble, and the why and the wherefore spread abroad; and God knows how the wicked thought grows." Then she stooped and bathed her eyes and face in the cold salt water, and afterward walked slowly back to Paul Borson's.
What were you doing there? A great plot! A wicked plot against poor Nicol!" "I went to the Sea Rover because " "Very ready you were to go to Nicol's ship and to do your will there! Oh, it was a great opportunity! None to see! none to tell tales! But I know you! I know you! The black drop of murder is in every Borson's veins." "Mistress, you are an old woman, and you may say your say.
Over and over he reiterated these assurances, stepping securely himself to the ring of their doom. It was not until he saw the light in Paul Borson's house that the chill of doubt and the sickness of fear assailed him. How could he smile into Karen's face or clasp her to his breast again?
How shall we, sinful men ourselves, dare to meddle with the verdict of the Lord God Almighty? If we in our ignorance or spite reverse it, what a presumption it will be! And if we confirm it, is God's decree made stronger by our 'yea, yeas'? What at all does Mistress Sabiston want?" "I want Liot Borson's name taken off the roll," she answered vehemently. "It has no right in the kirk's books.
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