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events ought with propriety to happen�察�and in this spirit 

he made the LADY OF THE LAKE for Ben Venue�察�the HEART OF 

MIDLOTHIAN for Edinburgh�察�and the PIRATE�察�so 

indifferently written but so romantically conceived�察�for 

the desolate islands and roaring tideways of the North。  

The common run of mankind have�察�from generation to 

generation�察�an instinct almost as delicate as that of 

Scott�察�but where he created new things�察�they only forget 

what is unsuitable among the old�察�and by survival of the 

fittest�察�a body of tradition becomes a work of art。  So�察�

in the low dens and high´flying garrets of Edinburgh�察�

people may go back upon dark passages in the town's 

adventures�察�and chill their marrow with winter's tales 

about the fire�此�tales that are singularly apposite and 

characteristic�察�not only of the old life�察�but of the very 

constitution of built nature in that part�察�and singularly 

well qualified to add horror to horror�察�when the wind 

pipes around the tall LANDS�察�and hoots adown arched 

passages�察�and the far´spread wilderness of city lamps 

keeps quavering and flaring in the gusts。



Here�察�it is the tale of Begbie the bank´porter�察�

stricken to the heart at a blow and left in his blood 

within a step or two of the crowded High Street。  There�察�

people hush their voices over Burke and Hare�察�over drugs 

and violated graves�察�and the resurrection´men smothering 

their victims with their knees。  Here�察�again�察�the fame of 

Deacon Brodie is kept piously fresh。  A great man in his 

day was the Deacon�察�well seen in good society�察�crafty 

with his hands as a cabinet´maker�察�and one who could sing 

a song with taste。  Many a citizen was proud to welcome 

the Deacon to supper�察�and dismissed him with regret at a 

timeous hour�察�who would have been vastly disconcerted had 

he known how soon�察�and in what guise�察�his visitor 

returned。  Many stories are told of this redoubtable 

Edinburgh burglar�察�but the one I have in my mind most 

vividly gives the key of all the rest。  A friend of 

Brodie's�察�nested some way towards heaven in one of these 

great LANDS�察�had told him of a projected visit to the 

country�察�and afterwards�察�detained by some affairs�察�put it 

off and stayed the night in town。  The good man had lain 

some time awake�察�it was far on in the small hours by the 

Tron bell�察�when suddenly there came a creak�察�a jar�察�a 

faint light。  Softly he clambered out of bed and up to a 

false window which looked upon another room�察�and there�察�

by the glimmer of a thieves' lantern�察�was his good friend 

the Deacon in a mask。  It is characteristic of the town 

and the town's manners that this little episode should 

have been quietly tided over�察�and quite a good time 

elapsed before a great robbery�察�an escape�察�a Bow Street 

runner�察�a cock´fight�察�an apprehension in a cupboard in 

Amsterdam�察�and a last step into the air off his own 

greatly´improved gallows drop�察�brought the career of 

Deacon William Brodie to an end。  But still�察�by the 

mind's eye�察�he may be seen�察�a man harassed below a 

mountain of duplicity�察�slinking from a magistrate's 

supper´room to a thieves' ken�察�and pickeering among the 

closes by the flicker of a dark lamp。



Or where the Deacon is out of favour�察�perhaps some 

memory lingers of the great plagues�察�and of fatal houses 

still unsafe to enter within the memory of man。  For in 

time of pestilence the discipline had been sharp and 

sudden�察�and what we now call 'stamping out contagion' was 

carried on with deadly rigour。  The officials�察�in their 

gowns of grey�察�with a white St。 Andrew's cross on back 

and breast�察�and a white cloth carried before them on a 

staff�察�perambulated the city�察�adding the terror of man's 

justice to the fear of God's visitation。  The dead they 

buried on the Borough Muir�察�the living who had concealed 

the sickness were drowned�察�if they were women�察�in the 

Quarry Holes�察�and if they were men�察�were hanged and 

gibbeted at their own doors�察�and wherever the evil had 

passed�察�furniture was destroyed and houses closed。  And 

the most bogeyish part of the story is about such houses。  

Two generations back they still stood dark and empty�察�

people avoided them as they passed by�察�the boldest 

schoolboy only shouted through the keyhole and made off�察�

for within�察�it was supposed�察�the plague lay ambushed like 

a basilisk�察�ready to flow forth and spread blain and 

pustule through the city。  What a terrible next´door 

neighbour for superstitious citizens�  �A rat scampering 

within would send a shudder through the stoutest heart。  

Here�察�if you like�察�was a sanitary parable�察�addressed by 

our uncleanly forefathers to their own neglect。



And then we have Major Weir�察�for although even his 

house is now demolished�察�old Edinburgh cannot clear 

herself of his unholy memory。  He and his sister lived 

together in an odour of sour piety。  She was a marvellous 

spinster�察�he had a rare gift of supplication�察�and was 

known among devout admirers by the name of Angelical 

Thomas。  'He was a tall�察�black man�察�and ordinarily looked 

down to the ground�察�a grim countenance�察�and a big nose。  

His garb was still a cloak�察�and somewhat dark�察�and he 

never went without his staff。'  How it came about that 

Angelical Thomas was burned in company with his staff�察�

and his sister in gentler manner hanged�察�and whether 

these two were simply religious maniacs of the more 

furious order�察�or had real as well as imaginary sins upon 

their old´world shoulders�察�are points happily beyond the 

reach of our intention。  At least�察�it is suitable enough 

that out of this superstitious city some such example 

should have been put forth�此�the outcome and fine flower 

of dark and vehement religion。  And at least the facts 

struck the public fancy and brought forth a remarkable 

family of myths。  It would appear that the Major's staff 

went upon his errands�察�and even ran before him with a 

lantern on dark nights。  Gigantic females�察�'stentoriously 

laughing and gaping with tehees of laughter' at 

unseasonable hours of night and morning�察�haunted the 

purlieus of his abode。  His house fell under such a load 

of infamy that no one dared to sleep in it�察�until 

municipal improvement levelled the structure to the 

ground。  And my father has often been told in the nursery 

how the devil's coach�察�drawn by six coal´black horses 

with fiery eyes�察�would drive at night into the West Bow�察�

and belated people might see the dead Major through the 

glasses。



Another legend is that of the two maiden sisters。  A 

legend I am afraid it may be�察�in the most discreditable 

meaning of the term�察�or perhaps something worse ´ a mere 

yesterday's fiction。  But it is a story of some vitality�察�

and is worthy of a place in the Edinburgh kalendar。  This 

pair inhabited a single room�察�from the facts�察�it must 

have been double´bedded�察�and it may have been of some 

dimensions�此�but when all is said�察�it was a single room。  

Here our two spinsters fell out ´ on some point of 

controversial divinity belike�此�but fell out so bitterly 

that there was never a word spoken between them�察�black or 

white�察�from that day forward。  You would have thought 

they would separate�此�but no�察�whether from lack of means�察�

or the Scottish fear of scandal�察�they continued to keep 

house together where they were。  A chalk line drawn upon 

the floor separated their two domains�察�it bisected the 

doorway and the fireplace�察�so that each could go out and 

in�察�and do her cooking�察�without violating the territory 

of the other。  So�察�for years�察�they coexisted in a hateful 

silence�察�their meals�察�their ablutions�察�their friendly 

visitors�察�exposed to an unfriendly scrutiny�察�and at 

night�察�in the dark watches�察�each could hear the breathing 

of her enemy。  Never did four walls look down upon an 

uglier spectacle than these sisters rivalling in 

unsisterliness。  Here is a canvas for Hawthorne to have 

turned into a cabinet picture ´ he had a Puritanic vein�察�

which would have fitted him to treat this Puritanic 

horror�察�he could have shown them to us in their 

sicknesses and at their hideous twin devotions�察�thumbing 

a pair of great Bibles�察�or praying aloud for each other's 

penitence with marrowy emphasis�察�now each�察�with kilted 

petticoat�察�at her own corner of the fire on some 

tempestuous evening�察�now sitting each at her window�察�

looking out upon the summer landscape sloping far below 

them towards the firth�察�and the field´paths where they 

had wandered hand in hand�察�or�察�as age and infirmity grew 

upon them and prolonged their toilettes�察�and their hands 

began to tremble and their heads to nod involuntarily�察�

growing only the more steeled in enmity with years�察�until 

one fine day�察�at a word�察�a look�察�a visit�察�or the approach 

of death�察�their hearts would melt and the chalk boundary 

be overstepped for ever。



Alas� �to those who know the ecclesiastical history 

of the race ´ the most perverse and melancholy in man's 

annals ´ this will seem only a figure of much that is 

typical of Scotland and her high´seated capital above the 

Forth ´ a figure so grimly realistic that it may pass 

with strangers for a caricature。  We are wonderful 

patient haters for conscience sake up here in the North。  

I spoke�察�in the first of these papers�察�of the Parliaments 

of the Established and Free Churches�察�and how they can 

hear each other singing psalms across the street。  There 

is but a street between them in space�察�but a shadow 

between them in principle�察�and yet there they sit�察�

enchanted�察�and in damnatory accents pray for each other's 

growth in grace。  It would be well if there were no more 

than two�察�but the sects in Scotland form a large family 

of sisters�察�and the chalk lines are thickly drawn�察�and 

run through the midst of many private homes。  Edinburgh 

is a city of churches�察�as though it were a place of 

pilgrimage。  You will see four within a stone´
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