I am better of that stomach qualm, with
which I am sometimes seized, and shall be much amused by
hearing the sentiments of noted witches regarding myself and my
connections."
"Weel, you see, sir, I says to them, 'It will be lang afore the deil
intermeddle wi' as serious a professor, and as fervent a prayer as
my master, for, gin he gets the upper hand o' sickan men, wha's to
be safe?' An', what think ye they said, sir? There was ane Lucky
Shaw set up her lang lantern chafts, an' answered me, an' a' the
rest shanned and noddit in assent an' approbation: 'Ye silly,
sauchless, Cameronian cuif!' quo she, 'is that a' that ye ken about
the wiles and doings o' the Prince o' the Air, that rules an' works
in the bairns of disobedience? Gin ever he observes a proud
professor, wha has mae than ordinary pretensions to a divine
calling, and that reards and prays till the very howlets learn his
preambles, that's the man Auld Simmie fixes on to mak a
dishclout o'. He canna get rest in Hell, if he sees a man, or a set of
men o' this stamp, an, when he sets fairly to work, it is seldom
that he disna bring them round till his ain measures by hook or by
crook.
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