They mocked, they tormented, and they threatened him; but,
finally, after putting him in great terror, they bound his hands
behind his back, and his feet fast with long straps of garters
which they chanced to have in their baskets, to prevent him from
pursuing them till they were out of his reach. As they left him,
which they did in the middle of the path, Mrs. Calvert said: "We
could easily put an end to thy sinful life, but our hands shall be
free of thy blood. Nevertheless thou art still in our power, and the
vengeance of thy country shall overtake thee, thou mean and
cowardly murderer, ay, and that more suddenly than thou art
aware!"
The women posted to Edinburgh; and as they put themselves
under the protection of an English merchant, who was journeying
thither with twenty horses laden, and armed servants, so they had
scarcely any conversation on the road. When they arrived at Mrs.
Logan's house, then they spoke of what they had seen and heard,
and agreed that they had sufficient proof to condemn young
Wringhim, who they thought richly deserved the severest doom
of the law.
"I never in my life saw any human being," said Mrs.
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