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Quote #4
James carried me accordingly into the kitchen, and sat down with me at table, smiling and talking at first in a very hospitable manner. But presently the gloom returned upon him; he sat frowning and biting his fingers; only remembered me from time to time; and then gave me but a word or two and a poor smile, and back into his private terrors. His wife sat by the fire and wept, with her face in her hands; his eldest son was crouched upon the floor, running over a great mass of papers and now and again setting one alight and burning it to the bitter end; all the while a servant lass with a red face was rummaging about the room, in a blind hurry of fear, and whimpering as she went; and every now and again one of the men would thrust in his face from the yard, and cry for orders. (19.16)
James knows that he is going to be arrested and tried for the Appin murder, which he is innocent of. This scene gives us a sense of exactly how much power and influence the clans have lost in Scotland at this point, as James desperately tries to burn papers and bury weapons in case the English come.
Quote #5
By what I have read in books, I think few that have held a pen were ever really wearied, or they would write of it more strongly. I had no care of my life, neither past nor future, and I scarce remembered there was such a lad as David Balfour. I did not think of myself, but just of each fresh step which I was sure would be my last, with despair–and of Alan, who was the cause of it, with hatred. Alan was in the right trade as a soldier; this is the officer's part to make men continue to do things, they know not wherefore, and when, if the choice was offered, they would lie down where they were and be killed. And I dare say I would have made a good enough private; for in these last hours it never occurred to me that I had any choice but just to obey as long as I was able, and die obeying. (22.33)
Davie is frequently brought to a state of physical defeat. He falls ill repeatedly and often lags behind Alan as they travel across the Highlands. Why? Does Davie's physical troubles change your feelings about his character? Is his physical weakness accompanied by any other kind of weakness (moral, emotional…)?
Quote #6
To be sure, there might have been a purpose in his questions; for though he was thus sequestered, and like the other landed gentlemen of Scotland, stripped by the late Act of Parliament of legal powers, he still exercised a patriarchal justice in his clan. Disputes were brought to him in his hiding-hole to be decided; and the men of his country, who would have snapped their fingers at the Court of Session, laid aside revenge and paid down money at the bare word of this forfeited and hunted outlaw. When he was angered, which was often enough, he gave his commands and breathed threats of punishment like any king. (23.15)
Even in the middle of conquered land, where Cluny Macpherson is a wanted man, he manages to rule the internal affairs of his clan with absolute authority. If a conquered group does not accept its defeat, has it really been conquered?