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David Balfour, Second Part

CHAPTER XVII
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"Other counsels must have been discussed, I think.

Who was it proposed this private method?
Was it Miller ?" "My lord, it was myself," said I."These gentlemen have shown me no such consideration, as that I should deny myself any credit I can fairly claim, or spare them any responsibility they should properly bear.

And the mere truth is, that they were all in favour of a process which should have remarkable consequences in the Parliament House, and prove for them (in one of their own expressions) a dripping roast.

Before I intervened, I think they were on the point of sharing out the different law appointments.

Our friend Mr.Symon was to be taken in upon some composition." Prestongrange smiled.


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