I think he hit his head in falling; but it was dark and stormy, I could not see.

I don't excuse mysel' at all.

I am as wicked and lost as a man can be.

Just help me awa, Uncle John, and I will trouble you no more for ever." "Where hae you left Robert ?" "Where he fell, about 300 yards above Rutherglen Bridge." "You are a maist unmerciful man! I ne'er liked Robert, but had he been my bitterest enemy I would hae got him help if there was a chance for life, and if not, I would hae sought a shelter for his corpse." Then he walked to the parlor door, locked it, and put the key in his pocket.
"As for helping you awa, sir, I'll ne'er do it, ne'er; you hae sinned, and you'll pay the penalty, as a man should do." "Uncle, have mercy on me." "Justice has a voice as weel as mercy.

O waly, waly!" cried the wretched old man, going back to the pathetic Gaelic of his childhood, "O waly, waly! to think o' the sin and the shame o' it.