The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
For some time they sat together without speaking; the minister appearing to wait in expectation that the penitent would address him first; but observing him still disposed to continue silent, he at last said,--  'Mr. Keelevin told me, Mr. Walkinshaw, that ye wished to see me under this dispensation with which the hand o' a righteous Providence has visited your family.'