The howling mob of the locals would tear him to pieces. One day Samuel told him he better fly because his mother and the young woman’s bodies had been found. Robert was scared of the witness attached to his brother’s murder, and his time at Dalcastle was becoming onerous. Gil-Martin noticed that he was pulling away and became intolerable. Robert listened to this and did not believe Samuel’s insinuation that Gil-Martin was actually the devil, but he still realized he was having trouble doing what the Lord would want him to do. No one believed him, but during the sermon Robin pulled the man’s robe up and everyone saw the cloven feet. Only one man, Robin Ruthven, was disturbed and claimed he was the devil. Samuel continued his story of the village of Auchtermuchty, where a man came and preached in a way that thrilled the inhabitants. Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Sinner Manuscript, Continued
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