James VI and the Gowrie mystery . needed,Bower had to employ a person who could read tofind it: probably he used, as a rule, the help of hisbetter educated son, Valentine. After Logans rest-less night, Bower returned with the two letters,Euthvens and Clerks, which Logan burned in thefire. (Let it be remembered that Sprot has not yetintroduced Letter IV into his depositions, thoughthat was by far the most important.) After burning Clerks and Euthvens letters, o Logan dictated to Sprot a letter to John Baillie ofLittlegill, informing him of the fact. Bower rodeoff with the letter, and Logan bade
James VI and the Gowrie mystery . needed,Bower had to employ a person who could read tofind it: probably he used, as a rule, the help of hisbetter educated son, Valentine. After Logans rest-less night, Bower returned with the two letters,Euthvens and Clerks, which Logan burned in thefire. (Let it be remembered that Sprot has not yetintroduced Letter IV into his depositions, thoughthat was by far the most important.) After burning Clerks and Euthvens letters, o Logan dictated to Sprot a letter to John Baillie ofLittlegill, informing him of the fact. Bower rodeoff with the letter, and Logan bade Sprot be silentabout all these things, for he had learned, fromBower, that Sprot knew a good deal. Here theamat ;ur of the art of fiction asks, why did Sprotdrag in Mr. John Baillie of Littlegill ? If Logan, asSprot swore, informed Baillie about the burnedletters, then Baillie had a guilty knowledge of theconspiracy. Poor Baillie was instantly put in ward 1 Thorpe, ii. 614, 616, 617. Border Calendar, i. 457. - o J- ,- ir,.^ / *. • Hp*~ /C —T v-7 - 1 • . h! / fe
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