About noon I was wakened as usual for dinner , and as usual refused to eat , and was given a dram with some bitter infusion which the barber had prescribed . The sun was shining in at the open door of the Cage , and this dazzled and offended me . Cluny sat at the table , biting the pack of cards . Alan had stooped over the bed , and had his face close to my eyes ; to which , troubled as they were with the fever , it seemed of the most shocking bigness . He asked me for a loan of my money . `` What for ? '' said I. `` O , just for a loan , '' said he . `` But why ? '' I repeated . `` I do n't see . '' `` Hut , David ! '' said Alan , `` ye wouldnae grudge me a loan ? '' I would , though , if I had had my senses ! But all I thought of then was to get his face away , and I handed him my money . On the morning of the third day , when we had been forty-eight hours in the Cage , I awoke with a great relief of spirits , very weak and weary indeed , but seeing things of the right size and with their honest , everyday appearance . I had a mind to eat , moreover , rose from bed of my own movement , and as soon as we had breakfasted , stepped to the entry of the Cage and sat down outside in the top of the wood . It was a grey day with a cool , mild air : and I sat in a dream all morning , only disturbed by the passing by of Cluny 's scouts and servants coming with provisions and reports ; for as the coast was at that time clear , you might almost say he held court openly . When I returned , he and Alan had laid the cards aside , and were questioning a gillie ; and the chief turned about and spoke to me in the Gaelic . `` I have no Gaelic , sir , '' said I . Now since the card question , everything I said or did had the power of annoying Cluny .
`` Your name has more sense than yourself , then , '' XXXXX he angrily , `` for it 's good Gaelic .
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