`` 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 made my way to the side of the burn , and had a plunge in a deep whirling pool . All aglow from my bath , I sat down once more beside the fire , which I replenished , and began gravely to consider my position . There was now no doubt about my uncle 's enmity ; there was no doubt I carried my life in my hand , and he would leave no stone unturned that he might compass my destruction . But I was young and spirited , and like most lads that have been country-bred , I had a great opinion of my shrewdness . I had come to his door no better than a beggar and little more than a child ; he had met me with treachery and violence ; it would be a fine consummation to take the upper hand , and drive him like a herd of sheep . I sat there nursing my knee and smiling at the fire ; and I saw myself in fancy smell out his secrets one after another , and grow to be that man 's king and ruler . The warlock of Essendean , they say , had made a mirror in which men could read the future ; it must have been of other stuff than burning coal ; for in all the shapes and pictures that I sat and gazed at , there was never a ship , never a seaman with a hairy cap , never a big bludgeon for my silly head , or the least sign of all those tribulations that were ripe to fall on me . Presently , all swollen with conceit , I went up-stairs and gave my prisoner his liberty . He gave me good-morning civilly ; and I gave the same to him , smiling down upon him , from the heights of my sufficiency . Soon we were set to breakfast , as it might have been the day before . `` Well , sir , '' said I , with a jeering tone , `` have you nothing more to say to me ? '' And then , as he made no articulate reply , `` It will be time , I think , to understand each other , '' I continued . `` You took me for a country Johnnie Raw , with no more mother-wit or courage than a porridge-stick . I took you for a good man , or no worse than others at the least . It seems we were both wrong . What cause you have to fear me , to cheat me , and to attempt my life -- '' He murmured something about a jest , and that he liked a bit of fun ; and then , seeing me smile , changed his tone , and assured me he would make all clear as soon as we had breakfasted .
I saw by his face that he had no lie ready for me , though he was hard at work preparing one ; and I XXXXX I was about to tell him so , when we were interrupted by a knocking at the door .
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