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           Wetalkedindeedofwhatshouldbedone;anditwasresolvedthatAlanshouldkeeptothecounty,bidingnowhere,nowthere,butcomingonceinthedaytoaparticularplacewhereImightbeabletocommunicatewithhim,eitherinmyownpersonorbymessenger.Inthemeanwhile,Iwastoseekoutalawyer,whowasanAppinStewart,andamanthereforetobewhollytrusted;anditshouldbehisparttofindashipandtoarrangeforAlan’ssafeembarkation.Nosoonerwasthisbusinessdone,thanthewordsseemedtoleaveus;andthoughIwouldseektojestwithAlanunderthenameofMr.Thomson,andhewithmeonmynewclothesandmyestate,youcouldfeelverywellthatwewerenearertearsthanlaughter.

           Wecametheby-wayoverthehillofCorstorphine;andwhenwegotneartotheplacecalledRest-and-be-Thankful,andlookeddownonCorstorphinebogsandovertothecityandthecastleonthehill,webothstopped,forwebothknewwithoutawordsaidthatwehadcometowhereourwaysparted.Hereherepeatedtomeonceagainwhathadbeenagreeduponbetweenus:theaddressofthelawyer,thedailyhouratwhichAlanmightbefound,andthesignalsthatweretobemadebyanythatcameseekinghim.ThenIgavewhatmoneyIhad(aguineaortwoofRankeillor’s)sothatheshouldnotstarveinthemeanwhile;andthenwestoodaspace,andlookedoveratEdinburghinsilence.

           “Well,good-bye,”saidAlan,andheldouthislefthand.

           “Good-bye,”saidI,andgavethehandalittlegrasp,andwentoffdownhill