The great preacher appeared once more, and
went through his two discourses with increased energy and
approbation. All who heard him were amazed, and many of them
went into fits, writhing and foaming in a state of the most horrid
agitation. Robin Ruthven sat on the outskirts of the great
assembly, listening with the rest, and perceived what they, in the
height of their enthusiasm, perceived not the ruinous tendency of
the tenets so sublimely inculcated. Robin kenned the voice of his
friend the corby-craw again, and was sure he could not be wrong:
sae, when public worship was finished, a' the elders an' a' the
gentry flocked about the great preacher, as he stood on the green
brae in the sight of the hale congregation, an' a' war alike anxious
to pay him some mark o' respect. Robin Ruthven came in amang
the thrang, to try to effect what he had promised; and, with the
greatest readiness and simplicity, just took baud o' the side o' the
wide gown, and, in sight of a' present, held it aside as high as the
preacher's knee, and, behold, there was a pair o' cloven feet! The
auld thief was fairly catched in the very height o' his proud
conquest, an' put down by an auld carl.
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