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Accordingly the two women went to Sir Thomas Wallace of
Craigie, the Lord justice Clerk (who was, I think, either uncle or
grandfather to young Drummond, who was outlawed and obliged
to fly his country on account of Colwan's death), and to that
gentleman they related every circumstance of what they had seen
and heard. He examined Calvert very minutely, and seemed
deeply interested in her evidence--said he knew she was relating
the truth, and, in testimony of it, brought a letter of young
Drummond's from his desk, wherein that young gentleman, after
protesting his innocence in the most forcible terms, confessed
having been with such a woman in such a house, after leaving the
company of his friends; and that, on going home, Sir Thomas's
servant had let him in, in the dark, and from these circumstances
he found it impossible to prove an alibi. He begged of his
relative, if ever an opportunity offered, to do his endeavour to
clear up that mystery, and remove the horrid stigma from his
name in his country, and among his kin, of having stabbed a
friend behind his back.
Lord Craigie, therefore, directed the two women to the proper
authorities, and, after hearing their evidence there, it was judged
proper to apprehend the present Laird of Dalcastle, and bring him
to his trial.
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