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 Lord Evandale. But then there was a break off, for Lord Evandale wadna look at, hear, or speak wi' him, and now he's anes wud and aye waur, and roars for revenge again Lord Evandale, and will hear nought of ony thing but burn' and slay—and O thae starts o' passion! they unsettle his mind, and gi'e the enemy sair advantages."

"The enemy?" said Morton, "What enemy?"

"What enemy? Are ye acquainted familiarly wi' John Balfour o' Burley, and dinna ken that he has had sair and frequent combats to sustain against the Evil One? Did ye ever see him alone but the Bible was in his hand, and the drawn sword on his knee? did ye never sleep in the same room wi' him, and hear him strive in his dreams with the delusions of Satan? O, ye ken little o' him, if ye have seen him only in fair day-light, for nae man can put the face upon his doleful visits and strifes that he can do. I hae seen him after sic a