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 "Yes, he is sometimes called 'the Lord Jehovah.'"

"And does the one you pray to tell you he is God?"

"I dinna pray to ony but the God that made me."

"Do you not believe there are witches in the country?"

"Sure, I dinna ken there is ony; I am but a stranger an' sojourner here—what do I ken?"

"Why do you laugh?"

"Did I laugh? I did na' ken it; but weel I may at sich folly."

"I ask you—what ails these people?"

"I dinna ken; how suld I, when they are strangers to me?"

"But they say that you have tormented them."

"An' I say it is na' true. Why suld I? I hae nae ill-will to them, I dinna ken aee-*thing aboot them."

"But if not—what do you think ails them?"

"I dinna ken—an' I dinna desire to spend my sma' judgment upon it."