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And now I wad like a wise man to tell me whether Heaven is maist pleased wi' the sight we are looking upon thae pleasant and quiet lang streaks o' moonlight that are lying sae still on the floor o' this auld kirk, and glancing through the great pillars and stanchions o' the carved windows, and just dancing like on the leaves o' the dark ivy as the breath o' wind shakes it I wonder whether this is mair pleasing to Heaven than when it was lighted up wi' lamps, and candles nae doubt, and roughies,* and wi' the mirth and the frankincent that they speak of in the Holy Scripture, and wi' organs assuredly, and men and women singers, and sackbuts, and dulcimers, and a' instruments o' music I wonder if that was acceptable, or whether it is of these grand parafle o' ceremonies that holy writ says, It is an abomination to me.
"Minister," he said, "I own ye as a faithfu' guide." For we've had oor ain times thegither. I micht maist say as 'at 'We twa hae paiddled i' the burn, only it wudna be becomin'. But aboot that word I've heard ye say yirsel' frae the pulpit as how hell is a maist awfu' feelin' i' the breist.
"It's maist the Sabbath day," she said, hiding her fretfulness behind conscientious scruples, as all of us are ready to do. "I hope it wasna your ain thouchts and words you were sae ta'en up wi'; but I'm feared it was. You wadna hae staid sae lang, wi' better anes." She would not look at Allan, and it pained him to see upon her face the traces of anxiety and disappointment.
'Tell me, she said, 'tell me, in the name of God, young man, what is your name, and whence you came? 'My name is Brown, mother, and I come from the East Indies. 'From the East Indies! dropping his hand with a sigh; 'it cannot be then. I am such an auld fool, that everything I look on seems the thing I want maist to see. But the East Indies! that cannot be.
We a' thocht it would be a grand pioy for ye, for ye would settle down here and hae nae mair foreign stravaigins. And then this tailor body steps in and spoils a'. It's maist vexaatious." "It was a good fight, and he beat me fairly; but we'll drop the matter. I'm sick tired of politics, Adam. If I had been a better man they might have made a herd of me, and I should have been happy."
His wife, puir body, admonished an' entreated him to break awa' fra the sinfu' habit, and he often, when moved by her tears, made resolutions o' amendment, which were broken maist as soon as made; an' it was during a longer season o' sobriety than was usual wi' him, that his wife, thinkin' if he was once awa' fra the great city he would be less in the way o' temptation, persuaded him to leave Glasgow an' remove to the sma' village o' Mill-Burn, a little way frae the farm which my father rented.
Wha kens? He heaved a sigh, but his eye twinkled satirically, 'The hairt o' man is deceitfu' an' daisperitly wicked, and he lifted the whites of his eyes heavenward like a hound mourning. 'Was the poor man robbed? I inquired shortly. 'Ay, was he, returned my uncle; 'he was seemingly stuffed wi' bank-notes for payin' his men the day. He was gangin' hame after supper gey fou, maist like.
They smell sweetest by night-time thae flowers, and they're maist aye seen about rained buildings. Now, Maister Lovel, can ony o' you scholars gie a gude reason for that?" Lovel replied in the negative.
Darrel was a Puritan and had nothing to do with the Catholic performances. It is quite possible to suppose, however, that its course would have been run in much the same way at a later time. For Darrel's story see The Triall of Maist. Dorrel, or A Collection of Defences against Allegations ... , 15-21. See Harsnett, Discovery, 310. Katherine Wright's evil spirit returned later.
Ony woman may love a man it's a woman's trade to love; but when you see a dear cratur takin the pains and trouble o' governin a' yer actions ay, and as it were, even yer very thoughts lookin wi' a keen and carefu ee after yer maist minute affairs, regulatin yer conduct, keepin yer siller, directin yer financial, domestic, personal, private, and public operations; and, in short, thinkin for ye how is it possible for a man to see sae muckle care taen wi' him and his concerns, without bein filled wi' gratitude and affection to her wha labours sae officiously for his guid?"
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