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attained to a kind of tearful certainty。  'I'll take my davy on 

it��' he asseverated。  They proved to have been as black as sloes�察�

very little and very near together。  So much for the evidence of 

the artless�  �And the fact�察�or rather the facts�察�acquired�拭 �Well�察�

they had to do not with the person but with his clothing。  The man 

wore knee´breeches and white stockings�察�his coat was 'some kind of 

a lightish colour ´ or betwixt that and dark'�察�and he wore a 'mole´

skin weskit。' As if this were not enough�察�he presently haled me 

from my breakfast in a prodigious flutter�察�and showed me an honest 

and rather venerable citizen passing in the Square。



'That's HIM�察�sir��' he cried�察�'the very moral of him�  �Well�察�this 

one is better dressed�察�and p'r'aps a trifler taller�察�and in the 

face he don't favour him noways at all�察�sir。  No�察�not when I come 

to look again�察�'e don't seem to favour him noways。'



'Jackass��' said I�察�and I think the greatest stickler for manners 

will admit the epithet to have been justified。



Meanwhile the appearance of my landlady added a great load of 

anxiety to what I already suffered。  It was plain that she had not 

slept�察�equally plain that she had wept copiously。  She sighed�察�she 

groaned�察�she drew in her breath�察�she shook her head�察�as she waited 

on table。  In short�察�she seemed in so precarious a state�察�like a 

petard three times charged with hysteria�察�that I did not dare to 

address her�察�and stole out of the house on tiptoe�察�and actually ran 

downstairs�察�in the fear that she might call me back。  It was plain 

that this degree of tension could not last long。



It was my first care to go to George Street�察�which I reached ��by 

good luck�� as a boy was taking down the bank shutters。  A man was 

conversing with him�察�he had white stockings and a moleskin 

waistcoat�察�and was as ill´looking a rogue as you would want to see 

in a day's journey。  This seemed to agree fairly well with Rowley's 

SIGNALEMENT�此�he had declared emphatically ��if you remember���察�and 

had stuck to it besides�察�that the companion of the great Lavender 

was no beauty。



Thence I made my way to Mr。 Robbie's�察�where I rang the bell。  A 

servant answered the summons�察�and told me the lawyer was engaged�察�

as I had half expected。



'Wha shall I say was callin'��' she pursued�察�and when I had told her 

'Mr。 Ducie��' 'I think this'll be for you�察�then��' she added�察�and 

handed me a letter from the hall table。  It ran��





'DEAR MR。 DUCIE��



'My single advice to you is to leave QUAM PRIMUM for the South。



Yours�察�T。 ROBBIE。'





That was short and sweet。  It emphatically extinguished hope in one 

direction。  No more was to be gotten of Robbie�察�and I wondered�察�

from my heart�察�how much had been told him。  Not too much�察�I hoped�察�

for I liked the lawyer who had thus deserted me�察�and I placed a 

certain reliance in the discretion of Chevenix。  He would not be 

merciful�察�on the other hand�察�I did not think he would be cruel 

without cause。



It was my next affair to go back along George Street�察�and assure 

myself whether the man in the moleskin vest was still on guard。  

There was no sign of him on the pavement。  Spying the door of a 

common stair nearly opposite the bank�察�I took it in my head that 

this would be a good point of observation�察�crossed the street�察�

entered with a businesslike air and fell immediately against the 

man in the moleskin vest。  I stopped and apologised to him�察�he 

replied in an unmistakable English accent�察�thus putting the matter 

almost beyond doubt。  After this encounter I must�察�of course�察�

ascend to the top story�察�ring the bell of a suite of apartments�察�

inquire for Mr。 Vavasour�察�learn ��with no great surprise�� that he 

did not live there�察�come down again and�察�again politely saluting 

the man from Bow Street�察�make my escape at last into the street。



I was now driven back upon the Assembly Ball。  Robbie had failed 

me。  The bank was watched�察�it would never do to risk Rowley in that 

neighbourhood。  All I could do was to wait until the morrow 

evening�察�and present myself at the Assembly�察�let it end as it 

might。  But I must say I came to this decision with a good deal of 

genuine fright�察�and here I came for the first time to one of those 

places where my courage stuck。  I do not mean that my courage 

boggled and made a bit of a bother over it�察�as it did over the 

escape from the Castle�察�I mean�察�stuck�察�like a stopped watch or a 

dead man。  Certainly I would go to the ball�察�certainly I must see 

this morning about my clothes。  That was all decided。  But the most 

of the shops were on the other side of the valley�察�in the Old Town�察�

and it was now my strange discovery that I was physically unable to 

cross the North Bridge�  �It was as though a precipice had stood 

between us�察�or the deep sea had intervened。  Nearer to the Castle 

my legs refused to bear me。



I told myself this was mere superstition�察�I made wagers with myself 

´ and gained them�察�I went down on the esplanade of Princes Street�察�

walked and stood there�察�alone and conspicuous�察�looking across the 

garden at the old grey bastions of the fortress�察�where all these 

troubles had begun。  I cocked my hat�察�set my hand on my hip�察�and 

swaggered on the pavement�察�confronting detection。  And I found I 

could do all this with a sense of exhilaration that was not 

unpleasing�察�and with a certain CRANERIE of manner that raised me in 

my own esteem。  And yet there was one thing I could not bring my 

mind to face up to�察�or my limbs to execute�察�and that was to cross 

the valley into the Old Town。  It seemed to me I must be arrested 

immediately if I had done so�察�I must go straight into the twilight 

of a prison cell�察�and pass straight thence to the gross and final 

embraces of the nightcap and the halter。  And yet it was from no 

reasoned fear of the consequences that I could not go。  I was 

unable。  My horse baulked�察�and there was an end��



My nerve was gone�此�here was a discovery for a man in such imminent 

peril�察�set down to so desperate a game�察�which I could only hope to 

win by continual luck and unflagging effrontery�  �The strain had 

been too long continued�察�and my nerve was gone。  I fell into what 

they call panic fear�察�as I have seen soldiers do on the alarm of a 

night attack�察�and turned out of Princes Street at random as though 

the devil were at my heels。  In St。 Andrew Square�察�I remember 

vaguely hearing some one call out。  I paid no heed�察�but pressed on 

blindly。  A moment after�察�a hand fell heavily on my shoulder�察�and I 

thought I had fainted。  Certainly the world went black about me for 

some seconds�察�and when that spasm passed I found myself standing 

face to face with the 'cheerful extravagant��' in what sort of 

disarray I really dare not imagine�察�dead white at least�察�shaking 

like an aspen�察�and mowing at the man with speechless lips。  And 

this was the soldier of Napoleon�察�and the gentleman who intended 

going next night to an Assembly Ball�  �I am the more particular in 

telling of my breakdown�察�because it was my only experience of the 

sort�察�and it is a good tale for officers。  I will allow no man to 

call me coward�察�I have made my proofs�察�few men more。  And yet I 

��come of the best blood in France and inured to danger from a 

child�� did�察�for some ten or twenty minutes�察�make this hideous 

exhibition of myself on the streets of the New Town of Edinburgh。



With my first available breath I begged his pardon。  I was of an 

extremely nervous disposition�察�recently increased by late hours�察�I 

could not bear the slightest start。



He seemed much concerned。  'You must be in a devil of a state��' 

said he�察�'though of course it was my fault ´ damnably silly�察�vulgar 

sort of thing to do�  �A thousand apologies�  �But you really must be 

run down�察�you should consult a medico。  My dear sir�察�a hair of the 

dog that bit you is clearly indicated。  A touch of Blue Ruin�察�now�拭 �

Or�察�come�此�it's early�察�but is man the slave of hours�拭�what do you 

say to a chop and a bottle in Dumbreck's Hotel��'



I refused all false comfort�察�but when he went on to remind me that 

this was the day when the University of Cramond met�察�and to propose 

a five´mile walk into the country and a dinner in the company of 

young asses like himself�察�I began to think otherwise。  I had to 

wait until to´morrow evening�察�at any rate�察�this might serve as well 

as anything else to bridge the dreary hours。  The country was the 

very place for me�此�and walking is an excellent sedative for the 

nerves。  Remembering poor Rowley�察�feigning a cold in our lodgings 

and immediately under the guns of the formidable and now doubtful 

Bethiah�察�I asked if I might bring my servant。  'Poor devil� �it is 

dull for him��' I explained。



'The merciful man is merciful to his ass��' observed my sententious 

friend。  'Bring him by all means��





;The harp�察�his sole remaining joy��

Was carried by an orphan boy�察�




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