How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Man, I whiles wonder at ye," said Alan. "This is a Campbell that's been killed. Well, it'll be tried in Inverara, the Campbells' head place; with fifteen Campbells in the jury-box and the biggest Campbell of all (and that's the Duke) sitting cocking on the bench. Justice, David? The same justice, by all the world, as Glenure found awhile ago at the roadside." (18.31-34)
One problem with living by the law of revenge is that it never just stops with one murder. Now that a Campbell has been killed, the Appin Stewarts will have to pay, and Alan doesn't want to be put in front of a Campbell court to take the fall.
Quote #5
Never a word they spoke as they pulled ashore, being stunned with the horror of that screaming; but they had scarce set foot upon the beach when Hoseason woke up, as if out of a muse, and bade them lay hands upon Alan. They hung back indeed, having little taste for the employment; but Hoseason was like a fiend, crying that Alan was alone, that he had a great sum about him, that he had been the means of losing the brig and drowning all their comrades, and that here was both revenge and wealth upon a single cast. It was seven against one; in that part of the shore there was no rock that Alan could set his back to; and the sailors began to spread out and come behind him. (18.57)
Other than drink and money, Hoseason appears to love only two things in this world: his mother and his ship. We never discover exactly what happened in the fistfight between Riach and the rest of the Covenant crew. Did he escape with his life? Does Riach's protection of Alan make up for his complicity in the earlier attack on Alan and Davie aboard the Covenant?
Quote #6
"Ay" said James, "and by my troth, I wish he was alive again! It's all very fine to blow and boast beforehand; but now it's done, Alan; and who's to bear the wyte of it? The accident fell out in Appin–mind ye that, Alan; it's Appin that must pay; and I am a man that has a family." (19.10)
Again, the lesson has been learned about why vengeance is bad news: now "it's Appin that must pay." We know that the real James Stewart was hanged, but should our awareness of that change our reading of him as a character? How badly should we feel that this James Stewart is a "man that has a family"? Maybe, in the world of Kidnapped, James Stewart survives?