`` I 'm a man o ' principle , '' said Ebenezer , simply ; `` and if I have to pay for it , I 'll have to pay for it . And besides , '' says he , `` ye forget the lad 's my brother 's son . '' `` Well , well , '' said Alan , `` and now about the price . It 's no very easy for me to set a name upon it ; I would first have to ken some small matters . I would have to ken , for instance , what ye gave Hoseason at the first off-go ? '' `` Hoseason ! '' cries my uncle , struck aback . `` 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 ? ''
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