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My gudesire kend mony that had long before gane to their place, for often had he piped to the most part in the hall of Redgauntlet. There was the fierce Middleton, and the dissolute Rothes, and the crafty Lauderdale; and Dalyell, with his bald head and a beard to his girdle; and Earlshall, with Cameron's blude on his hand; and wild Bonshaw, that tied blessed Mr.
Now this was a tune my gudesire learned frae a warlock, that heard it when they were worshipping Satan at their meetings, and my gudesire had sometimes played it at the ranting suppers in Redgauntlet Castle, but never very willingly; and now he grew cauld at the very name of it, and said, for excuse, he hadna his pipes wi' him.
Sir Robert Redgauntlet, in the midst of a' this fearful riot, cried, wi' a voice like thunder, on Steenie Piper to come to the board-head where he was sitting; his legs stretched out before him, and swathed up with flannel, with his holster pistols aside him, while the great broadsword rested against his chair, just as my gudesire had seen him the last time upon earth the very cushion for the jackanape was close to him, but the creature itself was not there it wasna its hour, it's likely; for he heard them say as he came forward, 'Is not the major come yet? And another answered, 'The jackanape will be here betimes the morn. And when my gudesire came forward, Sir Robert, or his ghaist, or the deevil in his likeness, said, 'Weel, piper, hae ye settled wi' my son for the year's rent?
Sir Robert Redgauntlet, in the midst of a' this fearful riot, cried, wi' a voice like thunder, on Steenie Piper to come to the board-head where he was sitting, his legs stretched out before him, and swathed up with flannel, with his holster pistols aside him, while the great broadsword rested against his chair, just as my gudesire had seen him the last time upon earth; the very cushion for the jackanape was close to him, but the creature itsell was not there it wasna its hour, it's likely; for he heard them say, as he came forward, "Is not the major come yet?"
Sir John looked at every line, and at every letter, with much attention; and at last, at the date, which my gudesire had not observed, 'FROM MY APPOINTED PLACE, he read, 'THIS TWENTY-FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. 'What! That is yesterday! Villain, thou must have gone to hell for this! 'I got it from your honour's father whether he be in heaven or hell, I know not, said Steenie.
Aweel, the cause was to come on before the fifteen in presence, as they ca't and auld Rab Tull, the town-clerk, he cam ower to make a last search for the paper that was wanting, before our gudesire gaed into Edinburgh to look after his plea so there was little time to come and gang on.
"Od, but for as queer as it is, it's a' the voucher I have for my rent," said my gudesire, who was afraid, it may be, of losing the benefit of Sir Robert's discharge. "I will bear the contents to your credit in the rental-book, and give you a discharge under my own hand," said Sir John, "and that on the spot.
"We were best ask Hutcheon," said my gudesire; "he kens a' the odd corners about as weel as another serving-man that is now gane, and that I wad not like to name." Aweel, Hutcheon, when he was asked, told them that a ruinous turret lang disused, next to the clock-house, only accessible by a ladder, for the opening was on the outside, above the battlements, was called of old the Cat's Cradle.
But he gave my gudesire a nudge as he offered them; and looking secretly and closely, Steenie saw that the chanter was of steel, and heated to a white heat; so he had fair warning not to trust his fingers with it. So he excused himself again, and said he was faint and frightened, and had not wind aneugh to fill the bag.
Sir John paused, composed himsell, and desired to hear the full history; and my gudesire told it him from point to point, as I have told it you word for word, neither more nor less.
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