`` What for ? '' `` For kidnapping David , '' says Alan . `` It 's a lee , it 's a black lee ! '' cried my uncle . `` He was never kidnapped . He leed in his throat that tauld ye that . Kidnapped ? He never was ! '' `` That 's no fault of mine nor yet of yours , '' said Alan ; `` nor yet of Hoseason 's , if he 's a man that can be trusted . '' `` What do ye mean ? '' cried Ebenezer . `` Did Hoseason tell ye ? '' `` Why , ye donnered auld runt , how else would I ken ? '' cried Alan . `` Hoseason and me are partners ; we gang shares ; so ye can see for yoursel ' what good ye can do leeing . And I must plainly say ye drove a fool 's bargain when ye let a man like the sailor-man so far forward in your private matters . But that 's past praying for ; and ye must lie on your bed the way ye made it . And the point in hand is just this : what did ye pay him ? '' `` Has he tauld ye himsel ' ? '' asked my uncle .
`` That 's my concern , '' said XXXXX .
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