At my earnest request I was permitted to accompany him,
at which both my associate and I rejoiced, as we were now about
to move in a new and extensive field. All this time I never knew
where my illustrious friend resided. He never once invited me to
call on him at his lodgings, nor did he ever come to our house,
which made me sometimes to suspect that, if any of our great
efforts in the cause of true religion were discovered, he intended
leaving me in the lurch. Consequently, when we met in
Edinburgh (for we travelled not in company), I proposed to go
with him to look for lodgings, telling him at the same time what a
blessed religious family my reverend instructor and I were settled
in. He said he rejoiced at it, but he made a rule of never lodging
in any particular house, but took these daily, or hourly, as he
found it convenient, and that be never was at a loss in any
circumstance.
"What a mighty trouble you put yourself to, great sovereign!"
said I, "and all, it would appear, for the purpose of seeing and
knowing more and more of the human race."
"I never go but where I have some great purpose to serve,"
returned he, "either in the advancement of my own power and
dominion or in thwarting my enemies.
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