`` I thank God for that ! '' cried I , and offered him my hand . He did not appear to see it . `` And here is a great deal of work about a Campbell ! '' said he . `` They are not so scarce , that I ken ! '' `` At least , '' said I , `` you can not justly blame me , for you know very well what you told me in the brig. But the temptation and the act are different , I thank God again for that . We may all be tempted ; but to take a life in cold blood , Alan ! '' And I could say no more for the moment . `` And do you know who did it ? '' I added . `` Do you know that man in the black coat ? '' `` I have nae clear mind about his coat , '' said Alan cunningly , `` but it sticks in my head that it was blue . '' `` Blue or black , did ye know him ? '' said I. `` I couldnae just conscientiously swear to him , '' says Alan . `` He gaed very close by me , to be sure , but it 's a strange thing that I should just have been tying my brogues . '' `` Can you swear that you do n't know him , Alan ? '' I cried , half angered , half in a mind to laugh at his evasions . `` Not yet , '' says he ; `` but I 've a grand memory for forgetting , David . '' `` And yet there was one thing I saw clearly , '' said I ; `` and that was , that you exposed yourself and me to draw the soldiers . ''
`` It 's very likely , '' said XXXXX ; `` and so would any gentleman .
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