We fell in company at once , our ways lying together as far as to Kingairloch . As we went , he stopped and spoke with all the wayfarers and workers that we met or passed ; and though of course I could not tell what they discoursed about , yet I judged Mr. Henderland must be well liked in the countryside , for I observed many of them to bring out their mulls and share a pinch of snuff with him . I told him as far in my affairs as I judged wise ; as far , that is , as they were none of Alan 's ; and gave Balachulish as the place I was travelling to , to meet a friend ; for I thought Aucharn , or even Duror , would be too particular , and might put him on the scent . On his part , he told me much of his work and the people he worked among , the hiding priests and Jacobites , the Disarming Act , the dress , and many other curiosities of the time and place . He seemed moderate ; blaming Parliament in several points , and especially because they had framed the Act more severely against those who wore the dress than against those who carried weapons . This moderation put it in my mind to question him of the Red Fox and the Appin tenants ; questions which , I thought , would seem natural enough in the mouth of one travelling to that country . He said it was a bad business . `` It 's wonderful , '' said he , `` where the tenants find the money , for their life is mere starvation . -LRB- Ye do n't carry such a thing as snuff , do ye , Mr. Balfour ? No . Well , I 'm better wanting it . -RRB- But these tenants -LRB- as I was saying -RRB- are doubtless partly driven to it . James Stewart in Duror -LRB- that 's him they call James of the Glens -RRB- is half-brother to Ardshiel , the captain of the clan ; and he is a man much looked up to , and drives very hard . And then there 's one they call Alan Breck -- '' `` Ah ! '' I cried , `` what of him ? '' `` What of the wind that bloweth where it listeth ? '' said Henderland . `` He 's here and awa ; here to-day and gone to-morrow : a fair heather-cat . He might be glowering at the two of us out of yon whin-bush , and I wouldnae wonder ! Ye 'll no carry such a thing as snuff , will ye ? ''
I XXXXX him no , and that he had asked the same thing more than once .
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