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only   with   the   child   that   she   had   conceived   and   managed   to   pursue   a 

scheme of conduct。 Archie was to be a great man and a good�察�a minister if 

possible�察    �a  saint  for   certain。  She    tried  to  engage     his  mind    upon    her 

favourite        books�察     �Rutherford's        LETTERS�察         �Scougalls        GRACE 

ABOUNDING�察           �and   the  like。  It  was    a  common      practice    of  hers   ��and 

strange to remember now�� that she would carry the child to the Deil's Hags�察�

sit with him on the Praying Weaver's stone�察�and talk of the Covenanters till 

their tears ran down。 Her view of history was wholly artless�察�a design in 

snow and ink�察�upon the one side�察�tender innocents with psalms upon their 

lips�察�upon the other�察�the persecutors�察�booted�察�bloody´minded�察�flushed with 

wine�此�a suffering Christ�察�a raging Beelzebub。 PERSECUTOR was a word 

that   knocked      upon   the   woman's     heart�察  �it  was   her   highest   thought     of 

wickedness�察      �and   the   mark    of  it  was    on   her  house。    Her    great´great´ 



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grandfather had drawn the sword against the Lord's anointed on the field 

of Rullion Green�察�and breathed his last ��tradition said�� in the arms of the 

detestable Dalyell。 Nor could she blind herself to this�察�that had they lived 

in    those   old   days�察  �Hermiston      himself    would     have    been    numbered 

alongside of Bloody MacKenzie and the politic Lauderdale and Rothes�察�in 

the band of God's immediate enemies。 The sense of this moved her to the 

more     fervour�察  �she   had   a  voice   for  that  name    of  PERSECUTOR           that 

thrilled   in   the   child's   marrow�察  �and   when   one   day   the   mob   hooted   and 

hissed them all in my lord's travelling carriage�察�and cried�察 �Down with the 

persecutor�   �down   with   Hanging   Hermiston� ─  �and   mamma   covered   her 

eyes and wept�察�and papa let down the glass and looked out upon the rabble 

with    his   droll  formidable      face�察 �bitter   and   smiling�察   �as  they   said   he 

sometimes looked when he gave sentence�察�Archie was for the moment too 

much amazed to be alarmed�察�but he had scarce got his mother by herself 

before his shrill voice was raised demanding an explanation�此�why had they 

called papa a persecutor�拭�

     ;Keep me�察�my precious� ─�she exclaimed。 ;Keep me�察�my dear� �this is 

poleetical。 Ye must never ask me anything poleetical�察�Erchie。 Your faither 

is a great man�察 �my dear�察�and it's no for me or   you to be judging him。 It 

would be telling us all�察�if we behaved ourselves in our several stations the 

way your faither does in his high office�察�and let me hear no more of any 

such    disrespectful    and    undutiful   questions�    �No    that  you   meant    to  be 

undutiful�察�my lamb�察�your mother kens that ´ she kens it well�察�dearie� ─�And 

so slid off to safer topics�察�and left on the mind of the child an obscure but 

ineradicable sense of something wrong。 

     Mrs。    Weir's   philosophy     of   life  was   summed      in  one   expression    ´ 

tenderness。 In her view of the universe�察�which was all lighted up with a 

glow out of the doors of hell�察�good people must walk there in a kind of 

ecstasy of tenderness。 The beasts and plants had no souls�察�they were here 

but for a day�察�and let their day pass gently� �And as for the immortal men�察�

on what black�察�downward path were many of them wending�察�and to what a 

horror of an immortality�  �Are not two sparrows�察─ �Whosoever shall smite 

thee�察─ �God sendeth His rain�察─ �Judge not�察�that ye be not judged; ´ these 

texts made her body of divinity�察�she put them on in the morning with her 



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clothes and lay down to sleep with them at night�察�they haunted her like a 

favourite air�察�they clung about her like a favourite perfume。 Their minister 

was   a   marrowy   expounder   of   the   law�察  �and   my   lord   sat   under   him   with 

relish�察  �but   Mrs。   Weir   respected   him   from   far   off�察  �heard   him   ��like   the 

cannon of a beleaguered city�� usefully booming outside on the dogmatic 

ramparts�察  �and   meanwhile�察  �within   and   out   of   shot�察  �dwelt   in   her   private 

garden which she watered with grateful tears。 It seems strange to say of 

this colourless and ineffectual woman�察�but she was a true enthusiast�察�and 

might have made the sunshine and the glory of a cloister。 Perhaps none but 

Archie knew she could be eloquent�察�perhaps none but he had seen her ´ her 

colour  raised�察 �her  hands clasped or quivering  ´  glow  with   gentle   ardour。 

There is a corner of the policy of Hermiston�察�where you come suddenly in 

view of the summit of Black Fell�察�sometimes like the mere grass top of a 

hill�察�sometimes ��and this is her own expression�� like a precious jewel in 

the heavens。 On such days�察�upon the sudden view of it�察�her hand would 

tighten   on   the   child's   fingers�察  �her   voice   rise   like   a   song。   ;I   TO   THE 

HILLS� ─�she would repeat。 ;And O�察�Erchie�察�are nae these like the hills of 

Naphtali�拭─�and her tears would flow。 

     Upon   an   impressionable   child   the   effect   of   this   continual   and   pretty 

accompaniment to life was deep。 The woman's quietism and piety passed 

on to his different nature undiminished�察�but whereas in her it was a native 

sentiment�察�in him it was only an implanted dogma。 Nature and the child's 

pugnacity at times revolted。 A cad from the Potterrow once struck him in 

the   mouth�察  �he struck   back�察 �the   pair   fought it out in the   back stable   lane 

towards the Meadows�察�and Archie returned with a considerable decline in 

the number of his front teeth�察�and unregenerately boasting of the losses of 

the   foe。   It   was   a   sore   day  for   Mrs。 Weir�察  �she   wept   and   prayed   over   the 

infant backslider until my lord was due from Court�察�and she must resume 

that air of tremulous composure with which she always greeted him。 The 

judge was that day in an observant mood�察�and remarked upon the absent 

teeth。 

     ;I am afraid Erchie will have been fechting with some of they blagyard 

lads�察─�said Mrs。 Weir。 

     My  lord's   voice   rang   out   as   it   did seldom  in   the   privacy  of   his   own 



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house。 ;I'll have norm of that�察�sir� ─�he cried。 ;Do you hear me�拭 � nonn of 

that�   �No   son    of   mine    shall   be  speldering   in    the   glaur  with   any   dirty 

raibble。; 

     The anxious mother was grateful for   so much support�察�she had   even 

feared the contrary。 And that night when she put the child to bed ´ ;Now�察�

my dear�察�ye see� ─�she said�察 �I told you what your faither would think of it�察�

if he heard ye had fallen into this dreidful sin�察�and let you and me pray to 

God   that   ye   may   be   keepit   from   the   like   temptation   or   strengthened   to 

resist it� ─�

     The womanly falsity of this was thrown away。 Ice and iron cannot be 

welded�察�and the points of view   of the Justice´Clerk and Mrs。 Weir   were 

not less unassimilable。 The character and position of his father had long 

been   a   stumbling´block   to   Archie�察  �and   with   every   year   of   his   age   the 

difficulty grew more instant。 The man was mostly silent�察�when he spoke at 

all�察�it was to speak of the things of the world�察�always in a worldly spirit�察�

often   in   language   that   the   child   had   been   schooled   to   think   coarse�察  �and 

sometimes with words that he knew to be sins in themselves。 Tenderness 

was the first duty�察�and my lord was invariably harsh。 God was love�察�the 

name      of  my    lord   ��to  all  who    knew     him��   was    

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