`` This , '' says he , `` is to my bankers , the British Linen Company , placing a credit to your name . Consult Mr. Thomson , he will know of ways ; and you , with this credit , can supply the means . I trust you will be a good husband of your money ; but in the affair of a friend like Mr. Thomson , I would be even prodigal . Then for his kinsman , there is no better way than that you should seek the Advocate , tell him your tale , and offer testimony ; whether he may take it or not , is quite another matter , and will turn on the D. of A. Now , that you may reach the Lord Advocate well recommended , I give you here a letter to a namesake of your own , the learned Mr. Balfour of Pilrig , a man whom I esteem . It will look better that you should be presented by one of your own name ; and the laird of Pilrig is much looked up to in the Faculty and stands well with Lord Advocate Grant . I would not trouble him , if I were you , with any particulars ; and -LRB- do you know ? -RRB- I think it would be needless to refer to Mr. Thomson . Form yourself upon the laird , he is a good model ; when you deal with the Advocate , be discreet ; and in all these matters , may the Lord guide you , Mr. David ! '' Thereupon he took his farewell , and set out with Torrance for the Ferry , while Alan and I turned our faces for the city of Edinburgh . As we went by the footpath and beside the gateposts and the unfinished lodge , we kept looking back at the house of my fathers . It stood there , bare and great and smokeless , like a place not lived in ; only in one of the top windows , there was the peak of a nightcap bobbing up and down and back and forward , like the head of a rabbit from a burrow . I had little welcome when I came , and less kindness while I stayed ; but at least I was watched as I went away . Alan and I went slowly forward upon our way , having little heart either to walk or speak . The same thought was uppermost in both , that we were near the time of our parting ; and remembrance of all the bygone days sate upon us sorely . We talked indeed of what should be done ; and it was resolved that Alan should keep to the county , biding now here , now there , but coming once in the day to a particular place where I might be able to communicate with him , either in my own person or by messenger . In the meanwhile , I was to seek out a lawyer , who was an Appin Stewart , and a man therefore to be wholly trusted ; and it should be his part to find a ship and to arrange for Alan 's safe embarkation . No sooner was this business done , than the words seemed to leave us ; and though I would seek to jest with Alan under the name of Mr. Thomson , and he with me on my new clothes and my estate , you could feel very well that we were nearer tears than laughter . We came the by-way over the hill of Corstorphine ; and when we got near to the place called Rest-and-be-Thankful , and looked down on Corstorphine bogs and over to the city and the castle on the hill , we both stopped , for we both knew without a word said that we had come to where our ways parted . Here he repeated to me once again what had been agreed upon between us : the address of the lawyer , the daily hour at which Alan might be found , and the signals that were to be made by any that came seeking him . Then I gave what money I had -LRB- a guinea or two of Rankeillor 's -RRB- so that he should not starve in the meanwhile ; and then we stood a space , and looked over at Edinburgh in silence .
`` Well , good-bye , '' said XXXXX , and held out his left hand .
Alan Company Edinburgh Grant Pilrig Rankeillor Stewart bogs by-way embarkation