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'Lord preserve us! said the female voice, 'an he had worried our cat, Mr. Pleydell would ne'er hae forgi'en me! 'Aweel, my doo, the cat's no a prin the waur. So he's no in, ye say? 'Na, Mr. Pleydell's ne'er in the house on Saturday at e'en, answered the female voice. 'And the morn's Sabbath too, said the querist. 'I dinna ken what will be done.
The Marquis, who was sometimes suspected of Jacobitism, could not help laughing as he threw the fellow a dollar, and bid him go play to the servants if he had a mind, and leave them at peace. "Aweel, gentlemen," said he, "I am wishing your honours gude day. I'll be a' the better of the dollar, and ye'll be the waur of wanting music, I'se tell ye.
'Here's a mannie that's to gang through with us, said Sim. 'It was the auld wife, Gilchrist, wanted it. 'Aweel, aweel, said the other; and presently, remembering his manners, and looking on me with a solemn grin, 'A fine day! says he. I agreed with him, and asked him how he did. 'Brawly, was the reply; and without further civilities, the pair proceeded to get the cattle under way.
The doctor rose and held out his hand. 'Aweel, he said, 'it's safe wi' me. I'll awa noo back to my patient, for I'll no' can leave him just yet. Then the door closed silently behind him. 'Vicisti, O Caledonia, groaned 'Plain Tom, and as he spoke he rose up in search of the whisky bottle and consolation.
"But that was naething," Sim would begin: "there was a herd in Manar, they ca'd him Tweedie ye'll mind Tweedie, Can'lish?" "Fine, that!" said Candlish. "Aweel, Tweedie had a dog " The story I have forgotten; I dare say it was dull, and I suspect it was not true; but indeed my travels with the drovers had rendered me indulgent, and perhaps even credulous, in the matter of dog-stories.
"Aweel, gin I must, I must," said the old man, with a twinkle in his eye, for if there was one thing he enjoyed above another, it was to see Marjory sitting wide-eyed and open-mouthed drinking in some tale of olden times. "That's a good Peter. Now, remember, the first wet day that comes you're engaged to us in the wood-shed. Good-night." It was a beautiful still evening.
'Yea, answered the Dominie, 'and I give thee thanks, sceleratissima! which means, Mrs. Margaret. 'Aweel, eat your fill; but an ye kenn'd how it was gotten ye maybe wadna like it sae weel. Sampson's spoon dropped in the act of conveying its load to his mouth.
"Aweel, my leddy," said Mause, "I was born here, and thought to die where my father died; and your leddyship has been a kind mistress, I'll ne'er deny that, and I'se ne'er cease to pray for you, and for Miss Edith, and that ye may be brought to see the error of your ways. But still" "The error of my ways!" interrupted Lady Margaret, much incensed "The error of my ways, ye uncivil woman?"
Aweel, the man got what he wanted, for they went aboard the liner cryin' that the Grotkau was sinkin'. But it's curious to think o' the consequences.
"Aweel, sir," continued Jarvie, "and doubtless such a friend wad expect ye to appear when ca'd on, and relieve him o' his engagement." "And I should do so as certainly, bating sickness or death, as that two and two make four." "Aweel, Mr. Owen," resumed the citizen of Glasgow, "I dinna misdoubt ye, and I'll prove it, sir I'll prove it.
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