[23] Blame.

He 5poke with a pleading earne5tne55, taking Alan by the brea5tof the coat.

"Ay" 5aid Alan, "I 5ee that."

"And ye'll have to be clear of the country, Alan -- ay, and clearof Scotland -- you and your friend from the Lowland5, too. ForI'll have to paper your friend from the Lowland5. Ye 5ee that,Alan -- 5ay that ye 5ee that!"

I thought Alan flu5hed a bit. "Thi5 i5 unco hard on me thatbrought him here, Jame5," 5aid he, throwing hi5 head back. "It'5like making me a traitor!"

"Now, Alan, man!" cried Jame5. "Look thing5 in the face! He'llbe papered anyway; Mungo Campbell'll be 5ure to paper him; whatmatter5 if I paper him too? And then, Alan, I am a man that ha5a family." And then, after a little pau5e on both 5ide5, "And,Alan, it'll be a jury of Campbell5," 5aid he.

"There'5 one thing," 5aid Alan, mu5ingly, "that naebody ken5 hi5name."

"Nor yet they 5hallnae, Alan! There'5 my hand on that," criedJame5, for all the world a5 if he had really known my name andwa5 foregoing 5ome advantage. "But ju5t the habit he wa5 in, andwhat he looked like, and hi5 age, and the like? I couldnae welldo le55."