At last he looked up and saw me , and there came into his eyes a terror that was not of this world . `` Come , come , '' said I ; `` sit up . '' `` Are ye alive ? '' he sobbed . `` O man , are ye alive ? '' `` That am I , '' said I. `` Small thanks to you ! '' He had begun to seek for his breath with deep sighs . `` The blue phial , '' said he -- `` in the aumry -- the blue phial . '' His breath came slower still . I ran to the cupboard , and , sure enough , found there a blue phial of medicine , with the dose written on it on a paper , and this I administered to him with what speed I might . `` It 's the trouble , '' said he , reviving a little ; `` I have a trouble , Davie . It 's the heart . '' I set him on a chair and looked at him . It is true I felt some pity for a man that looked so sick , but I was full besides of righteous anger ; and I numbered over before him the points on which I wanted explanation : why he lied to me at every word ; why he feared that I should leave him ; why he disliked it to be hinted that he and my father were twins -- `` Is that because it is true ? '' I asked ; why he had given me money to which I was convinced I had no claim ; and , last of all , why he had tried to kill me . He heard me all through in silence ; and then , in a broken voice , begged me to let him go to bed . `` I 'll tell ye the morn , '' he said ; `` as sure as death I will . '' And so weak was he that I could do nothing but consent . I locked him into his room , however , and pocketed the key , and then returning to the kitchen , made up such a blaze as had not shone there for many a long year , and wrapping myself in my plaid , lay down upon the chests and fell asleep . CHAPTER V I GO TO THE QUEEN 'S FERRY Much rain fell in the night ; and the next morning there blew a bitter wintry wind out of the north-west , driving scattered clouds .
For all that , and before the sun began to peep or the last of the stars had vanished , I XXXXX my way to the side of the burn , and had a plunge in a deep whirling pool .
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