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With ready presence of mind he recollected his situation, and resolved to show no alarm until the purpose of this became obvious; but he was soon relieved from his anxiety, by finding it was only the result of Nanty's attention to his comfort, who was wrapping around him, as softly as he could, a great boatcloak, in order to defend him from the morning air.
'You are not stark mad? said Nixon, who now saw he had miscalculated in supposing Nanty's wild ideas of honour and fidelity could be shaken even by resentment, or by his Protestant partialities. 'You shall not go back it is all a joke. 'I'll back to Redgauntlet, and see whether it is a joke he will laugh at. 'My life is lost if you do, said Nixon 'hear reason.
'I really am not in such secrets as you seem to allude to, said Fairford; and, determined at the same time to avail himself as far as possible of Nanty's communicative disposition, he added, with a smile, And if I were, I should not hold it prudent to make them much the subject of conversation.
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