Mr. Henderland 's words came back to me : that we ourselves might take a lesson by these wild Highlanders . Well , here I had taken mine . Alan 's morals were all tail-first ; but he was ready to give his life for them , such as they were . `` Alan , '' said I , `` I 'll not say it 's the good Christianity as I understand it , but it 's good enough . And here I offer ye my hand for the second time . '' Whereupon he gave me both of his , saying surely I had cast a spell upon him , for he could forgive me anything . Then he grew very grave , and said we had not much time to throw away , but must both flee that country : he , because he was a deserter , and the whole of Appin would now be searched like a chamber , and every one obliged to give a good account of himself ; and I , because I was certainly involved in the murder . `` O ! '' says I , willing to give him a little lesson , `` I have no fear of the justice of my country . '' `` As if this was your country ! '' said he . `` Or as if ye would be tried here , in a country of Stewarts ! '' `` It 's all Scotland , '' said I. `` Man , I whiles wonder at ye , '' said Alan . `` This is a Campbell that 's been killed . Well , it 'll be tried in Inverara , the Campbells ' head place ; with fifteen Campbells in the jury-box and the biggest Campbell of all -LRB- and that 's the Duke -RRB- sitting cocking on the bench . Justice , David ? The same justice , by all the world , as Glenure found awhile ago at the roadside . '' This frightened me a little , I confess , and would have frightened me more if I had known how nearly exact were Alan 's predictions ; indeed it was but in one point that he exaggerated , there being but eleven Campbells on the jury ; though as the other four were equally in the Duke 's dependence , it mattered less than might appear . Still , I cried out that he was unjust to the Duke of Argyle , who -LRB- for all he was a Whig -RRB- was yet a wise and honest nobleman . `` Hoot ! ''
said XXXXX , `` the man 's a Whig , nae doubt ; but I would never deny he was a good chieftain to his clan .
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