![]() They have 2 sons, but the Laird only recognises George, the firstborn, as his son. begins with Robert's mother and her husband's (possibly father) marriage, it is an unhappy one as Rabina is a devout Christian, but the Laird of Dalacastle is not, he is accused of being a drunk and having an affair. ![]() He could be a religious maniac or mentally ill. Robert could be telling the truth in part, the rest being madness. So it was "either dreaming or madness" - because "It is certainly impossible that these scenes could have ever occurred." It could be a religious parable or allegory, he suggests, or a work of madness. He finishes saying that either he was "not only the greatest fool, but the greatest wretch" or he was "a religious maniac, who write and wrote about a deluded creature, till he arrived at the height of madness". The editor goes to the dead body himself and that is where he finds the manuscript. He advocates its authenticity by the letter of James Hogg to a magazine about a mysterious suicide. Inset narrative structure: -The editor's narrative: which then includes Bell Calvert's narrative that she tells to Mrs Logan -The editor then introduces the Sinner's memoir and confession, the "original document", he says he is "leaving everyone to judge for himself", but notes that no other document records such a "RAGE OF FANATICISM" -The Sinner's narrative, finished with "cursed be he who trieth to alter or amend!" -ends with the editor's narrative again, discussing whether it is a true story or an allegory. ![]()
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