By the terms of this , my uncle bound himself to satisfy Rankeillor as to his intromissions , and to pay me two clear thirds of the yearly income of Shaws . So the beggar in the ballad had come home ; and when I lay down that night on the kitchen chests , I was a man of means and had a name in the country . Alan and Torrance and Rankeillor slept and snored on their hard beds ; but for me who had lain out under heaven and upon dirt and stones , so many days and nights , and often with an empty belly , and in fear of death , this good change in my case unmanned me more than any of the former evil ones ; and I lay till dawn , looking at the fire on the roof and planning the future . CHAPTER XXX GOOD-BYE So far as I was concerned myself , I had come to port ; but I had still Alan , to whom I was so much beholden , on my hands ; and I felt besides a heavy charge in the matter of the murder and James of the Glens . On both these heads I unbosomed to Rankeillor the next morning , walking to and fro about six of the clock before the house of Shaws , and with nothing in view but the fields and woods that had been my ancestors ' and were now mine . Even as I spoke on these grave subjects , my eye would take a glad bit of a run over the prospect , and my heart jump with pride . About my clear duty to my friend , the lawyer had no doubt . I must help him out of the county at whatever risk ; but in the case of James , he was of a different mind . `` Mr. Thomson , '' says he , `` is one thing , Mr. Thomson 's kinsman quite another . I know little of the facts , but I gather that a great noble -LRB- whom we will call , if you like , the D. of A. -RRB- * has some concern and is even supposed to feel some animosity in the matter . The D. of A. is doubtless an excellent nobleman ; but , Mr. David , timeo qui nocuere deos . If you interfere to balk his vengeance , you should remember there is one way to shut your testimony out ; and that is to put you in the dock . There , you would be in the same pickle as Mr. Thomson 's kinsman . You will object that you are innocent ; well , but so is he . And to be tried for your life before a Highland jury , on a Highland quarrel and with a Highland Judge upon the bench , would be a brief transition to the gallows . '' * The Duke of Argyle . Now I had made all these reasonings before and found no very good reply to them ; so I put on all the simplicity I could . `` In that case , sir , '' said I , `` I would just have to be hanged -- would I not ? '' `` My dear boy , '' cries he , `` go in God 's name , and do what you think is right . It is a poor thought that at my time of life I should be advising you to choose the safe and shameful ; and I take it back with an apology .
Go and do your duty ; and be XXXXX , if you must , like a gentleman .
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