I hae not indeed hid the Lord's talent in a napkin, but I hae done a warse thing; I hae been trading wi' it for my ain proper advantage.

O dominie, I hae been a wretched man through it all.

Nane ken better than I what a hard master the deil is." Then he told the dominie of Helen's bequest.

He went over all the arguments with which he had hitherto quieted his conscience, and he anxiously watched their effect upon Tallisker.

He had a hope even yet that the dominie might think them reasonable.