At the mention of the five shillings he cried out so loud that I made up my mind I should say nothing of the other two , and was glad he could not see my blushes . `` Was it too much ? '' I asked , a little faltering . `` Too much ! '' cries he . `` Why , I will guide you to Torosay myself for a dram of brandy . And give you the great pleasure of my company -LRB- me that is a man of some learning -RRB- in the bargain . '' I said I did not see how a blind man could be a guide ; but at that he laughed aloud , and said his stick was eyes enough for an eagle . `` In the Isle of Mull , at least , '' says he , `` where I know every stone and heather-bush by mark of head . See , now , '' he said , striking right and left , as if to make sure , `` down there a burn is running ; and at the head of it there stands a bit of a small hill with a stone cocked upon the top of that ; and it 's hard at the foot of the hill , that the way runs by to Torosay ; and the way here , being for droves , is plainly trodden , and will show grassy through the heather . '' I had to own he was right in every feature , and told my wonder . `` Ha ! '' says he , `` that 's nothing . Would ye believe me now , that before the Act came out , and when there were weepons in this country , I could shoot ? Ay , could I ! '' cries he , and then with a leer : `` If ye had such a thing as a pistol here to try with , I would show ye how it 's done . '' I told him I had nothing of the sort , and gave him a wider berth . If he had known , his pistol stuck at that time quite plainly out of his pocket , and I could see the sun twinkle on the steel of the butt . But by the better luck for me , he knew nothing , thought all was covered , and lied on in the dark . He then began to question me cunningly , where I came from , whether I was rich , whether I could change a five-shilling piece for him -LRB- which he declared he had that moment in his sporran -RRB- , and all the time he kept edging up to me and I avoiding him .
We were now upon a sort of green cattle-track which crossed the hills towards XXXXX , and we kept changing sides upon that like dancers in a reel .
Act Ay Mull Torosay burn leer left right sporran weepons