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PHEMY.

Was not the minister expected?

ANDERSON.

O! he, belike, might cross the moor unscathed. It wad be a bauld witch or warlock either, that wad meddle wi' the minister. And that is the reason, I reckon, why he winna believe there is ony sic thing in a' the country about.

Enter Bawldy.

PHEMY.

Here comes Bawldy. What keeps thee up, man?

BAWLDY.

I'm waiting for the minister.

ANDERSON.

Wha bade thee wait? What is Duncan about?

BAWLDY.

He's about a Highlandman's business, just doing naething at a'; and wad be snoring on the settle in the turning o' a bannock, if fear wad let him sleep.

PHEMY.

Is he more afraid than the rest of you?

BAWLDY.

He has mair cause, mistress: he has seen