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"Ay, after that I've nae doot he was sittin' wi' his airms aboot her. She didna tell me that, but weel he kens it's what she likes, an' she maks nae pretence o' its no bein'. But for a' he said an' did, she noticed him put the glove back in his inside pouch. "'It's wrang o' me, Jamie, she said, 'but I canna bear to think o' ye carryin' that aboot sae carefu'. No, I canna help it.
There dinna ye see 't?" he went on pointing to the clouds about the moon, " that ane, I'm doobtin', 'ill hae the better o' her or lang tak her intill 'ts airms, an' bray a' the licht oot o' her. Guid nicht, mem. Guid nicht, Fergus. You ministers sudna mak yersels sae like cloods.
As he moved it aside, a cry of startled fear discovered that his landlady was in the room. "Guid preserve's, Mr Forbes!" she cried; "whaur come ye frae, and what hae ye been aboot, to raise the haill toon upo' ye? I trust ye hae nae legs or airms o' a cauld corp aboot ye. The fowk i' the back streets canna bide that. An' I winna alloo 't i' my hoose. Jist luik at puir Mr Cupples here."
But I'll put it plainer: what wad ye du gien a lass was to fa' a greitin', an' a wailin', an' fling hersel' i' yer airms, an' mak as gien she wad dee? what wad ye du wi' her, Cosmo?" "'Deed I dinna ken," replied Cosmo with some embarrassment. "What wad ye hae me du, Aggie?"
"Noo that's feenished, and his constitution 'ill dae the rest," and he carried the lad doon the ladder in his airms like a bairn, and laid him in his bed, and waits aside him till he wes sleepin', and then says he: 'Burnbrae, yir gey lad never tae say 'Collie, will yelick? for a' hevna tasted meat for saxteen hoors.
"But Saunders hes been fillin' his lungs for five and thirty year wi' strong Drumtochty air, an' eatin' naethin' but kirny aitmeal, and drinkin' naethin' but fresh milk frae the coo, an' followin' the ploo through the new-turned sweet-smellin' earth, an' swingin' the scythe in haytime and harvest, till the legs an' airms o' him were iron, an' his chest wes like the cuttin' o' an oak tree.
Meanwhile, I'll away and ripe oot a' the airms and guns I can find. Haste ye, lad, an' mak' as muckle noise aboot it as ye can. "`Trust me, said Ogilvy, who appeared to have been one of those men who regard a fight as a piece of good fun. "Turning to the multitude, who had heard the commission given, and were ready for anything, he shouted, `Now, boys, ye heard the Provost.
"'Noo that's feenished, and his constitution 'ill dae the rest, and he carried the lad doon the ladder in his airms like a bairn, and laid him in his bed, and waits aside him till he wes sleepin', and then says he: 'Burnbrae, yir a gey lad never tae say "Collie, will ye lick?" for a' hevna tasted meat for saxteen hoors.
Her soul assured her of it. "To my sister," answered Malcolm, "I will give all the proof she may please to require to Lord Liftore I will not even repeat my assertion: to him I will give no shadow of proof. I will but cast him out of my house. Stoat, order horses for Lady Bellair." "Gien ye please, sir, my lord," replied Stoat, "the Lossie Airms' horses is ordered a'ready for Lady Clementina."
"'Noo that's feenished, and his constitution 'ill dae the rest, and he carried the lad doon the ladder in his airms like a bairn, and laid him in his bed, and waits aside him till he wes sleepin', and then says he, 'Burnbrae, yir a gey lad never tae say, "Collie, will ye lick?" for a' hevna tasted meat for saxteen hoors.
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