CHAPTER. XLIV
END OF THE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS

UT of the mist came the voice of Gavin,
clear and strong:

“If you hear me, hold up your hands as a
sign.”

They heard, and none wondered at his voice
crossing the chasm while theirs could not. When
the mist cleared, they were seen to have done as
he bade them. Many hands remained up for a
time because the people did not remember to
bring them down, so great was the awe that had
fallen on all, as if the Lord was near.

Gavin took his watch from his pocket, and he
said :

“T am to fling this to you. You will give it
to Mr. Ogilvy, the schoolmaster, as a token of
the love I bear him.”

The watch was caught by James Langlands,
and handed to Peter Tosh, the chief elder
present.

“To Mr. Ogilvy,” Gavin continued, “ you
will also give the chain. You will take it off my
neck when you find the body.

“To each of my elders, and to Hendry Munn,
kirk officer, and to my servant Jean, I leave a
book, and they will go to my study and choose it
for themselves.

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