`` Your father and mother ? '' said he . `` My father was Alexander Balfour , schoolmaster of that place , '' said I , `` and my mother Grace Pitarrow ; I think her people were from Angus . '' `` Have you any papers proving your identity ? '' asked Mr. Rankeillor . `` No , sir , '' said I , `` but they are in the hands of Mr. Campbell , the minister , and could be readily produced . Mr. Campbell , too , would give me his word ; and for that matter , I do not think my uncle would deny me . '' `` Meaning Mr. Ebenezer Balfour ? '' says he . `` The same , '' said I. `` Whom you have seen ? '' he asked . `` By whom I was received into his own house , '' I answered . `` Did you ever meet a man of the name of Hoseason ? '' asked Mr. Rankeillor . `` I did so , sir , for my sins , '' said I ; `` for it was by his means and the procurement of my uncle , that I was kidnapped within sight of this town , carried to sea , suffered shipwreck and a hundred other hardships , and stand before you to-day in this poor accoutrement . '' `` You say you were shipwrecked , '' said Rankeillor ; `` where was that ? '' `` Off the south end of the Isle of Mull , '' said I. `` The name of the isle on which I was cast up is the Island Earraid . '' `` Ah ! '' says he , smiling , `` you are deeper than me in the geography . But so far , I may tell you , this agrees pretty exactly with other informations that I hold .
But you XXXXX you were kidnapped ; in what sense ? ''
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