  | Duror has started to plot against the cone-gatherers. He has been asked to organise a deer drive and comes to see Lady Runcie-Campbell to ask that the cone-gatherers act as beaters
Duror, who knew her well, had been afraid that in her presence he might feel
shamed or inspired
into abandoning his scheme against the cone-gatherers.
In spite of her clothes, expensive though simple, of her valuable adornments such as earrings, brooches, and rings, and of her sometimes almost
mythical
sense of responsibility as a representative of the ruling class, she had an ability to
exalt
people out of their humdrum selves.
Indeed, Duror often associated
religion
not with the smell of pinewood pews or of
damp bibles, but rather
with her perfume, so
elusive
to describe. Her father the judge had bequeathed to her a
passion
for
justice,
profound and
intelligent; and a determination to see
right
done, even at the expense of rank or pride... Now when he was going to lie again... he felt that he was about to
commit
before her eyes an
obscene gesture, such as he had
falsely accused
the
dwarf
of making.
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