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Ahin Blay dismounted with ceremony, and was as ceremoniously received. His features are those of the Fanti, somewhat darker than usual, and his expression is kindly and intelligent: though barely fifty-five his head is frosty and his goatee is snowy. The visit was a state affair, a copy in small of Ashanti and Dahome.
But what for sud I no tak' it wi' composur'? We'll hae to tak' oor ain turn er lang, as composed as we hae the skiel o', and gang oot like a lang nibbit can'le ay, an lea' jist sic a memory ahin' some o' 's, Bawby." "I kenna gien ye mean me, Miss Horn," said the woman; "but it's no that muckle o' a memory I expec' to lea' ahin' me."
A' the last week or twa I hae seen ye driftin awa frae me, oot and oot to the great sea, whaur never a thoucht o' Isy would come nigh ye again; and what for should there? Ye camna into the warl' to think aboot me or the likes o' me, but to be a great preacher, and lea' me ahin ye, like a sheaf o' corn ye had jist cuttit and left unbun'!"
"Weel, the short and the lang o' 't that nicht was, that they gaed a' to their beds. Never a horse or horse was i' the stable, but the yerl's ain beasts no ae hair left ahin' to shaw that they had been there! an' i' the chaumers allotted to their riders, never a pair o' sheets had been sleepit in.
Don't mind 'bout my leavin' my fishin'; do ye think I care 'bout that? I 'll jest lay down my pole ahin' the alders here, an' put my lan'in' net on the stuns, with my flies an' tackle the boys 'll like 'em, ye know an' I 'll be right along. "I mos' knowed ye was on'y a-tryin' me when ye said that 'bout how I had n't been a fisher o' men, nor even boys, on'y a dog.
"Ye're an honest man, Wull but I wadna lippen a snuff mull 'at had mair nor ae pinch intill 't wi' yon cooard cratur ahin' ye." He was afraid of the possible consequences of his grandfather's indignation. The gamekeeper did at once as he was requested, evidently both amused with the bearing of the two men and admiring it.
In the vain attempt to dry her eyes with the corner of her apron, she nearly dropped one of the chairs, which she was simultaneously dusting and restoring to its usual place. Her mistress turned upon her with a kind of cold fierceness. "Is that hoo ye shaw yer regaird to the deid, by brackin' the cheirs he left ahin' him? Lat sit, an' gang an' luik for that puir, doited thing, Annie.
'There's an ill-faured smell here, Betty, she said, believing that they had at last found the trail of the mystery; 'but it's no like the smell o' rabbits. Jist luik i' the nuik there ahin' the door. 'There's naething here, responded Betty. 'Roon the en' o' that kist there. I s' luik into the press.
When the light fell on her face she sat up, staring wildly with eyes that shunned and sought it. 'Wha are ye that winna lat me dee in peace and quaietness? 'I'm Robert Falconer. 'Come to speir efter yer ne'er-do-weel o' a father, I reckon, she said. 'Yes, he answered. 'Wha's that ahin' ye? 'Naebody's ahin' me, answered Robert. 'Dinna lee. Wha's that ahin' the door? 'Naebody.
He found him not more than half-way towards his diurnal goal. "What's come o' you, bantam, this mony a day?" said Mr Cupples. "I saw ye last Saturday," said Alec. "Last Setterday week, ye mean," rejoined the librarian. "Hoo's the mathematics comin' on?" "To tell the truth, I'm raither ahin' wi' them," answered Alec. "I was thinkin' as muckle. Rainbows! Thae rainbows! And the anawtomy?"
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