Alas, how often do Christ's words, "I come not to bring peace, but a sword," prove true.

George Selwyn went away, but the seed he had dropped in this far-off corner of Scotland did not bring forth altogether the peaceable fruits of righteousness.

In fact, as we have seen, it had scarcely begun to germinate before the laird and the dominie felt it to be a root of bitterness between them.

For if Crawford knew anything he knew that Tallisker would never relinquish his new work, and perhaps if he yielded to any reasonable object Tallisker would stand by him in his project.
He did not force the emigration plan upon his notice.

The summer was far advanced; it would be unjustifiable to send the clan to Canada at the beginning of winter.