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It wad hae been far better for me, in the end, if I had taen things calmly for I could easily hae proven my identity, and, of course, the messengers' error in apprehendin me; but my prudence and patience baith gave way before the strong feelin o' resentment, which a sense o' the injustice I was sufferin had excited.
'It's either the storm, or aiblins a ghaist, or else some one's playin' tricks on baith o' us. 'Did ye no place this bit paper i' my room? inquired his guest wrathfully, holding up a document with his hand accusingly. 'What bit paper is 't? inquired the Minister. 'I hae pit nae bit paper i' your room. 'Did Dr.
'Is that a'your objection, mon? said the judge; 'come your ways in here, and we'll baith of us tak the solemn league and covenant together. The oath was accordingly agreed and sworn to by both, and I dare say it was the last time it ever received such homage. It may be surmised how far Lord Auchinleck, such as he is here described, was likely to suit a high Tory and episcopalian like Johnson.
"Hm!" remarked Miss Horn, as plainly as inarticulately. "In this affair," he supplemented; adding, "It 's not always so easy to tell what is right!" "It's no aye easy to luik for 't wi' baith yer een," said Miss Horn. "This woman Catanach we must get her to give credible testimony. Whatever the fact may be, we must have strong evidence.
Baith were weel qualified, for they had baith been sodgers in the garrison, and kennt the gate to handle solans, and the seasons and values of them. Forbye that they were baith or they baith seemed earnest professors and men of comely conversation. The first of them was just Tam Dale, my faither.
"They are no favourites, then, of yours, these Ravenswoods?" said the Master, no much pleased with the passing benediction which was thus bestowed on his family and name. "I kenna wha should favour them," said the grave-digger; "when they had lands and power, they were ill guides of them baith, and now their head's down, there's few care how lang they may be of lifting it again."
I am sure they belie baith Cuddie and me sair, if they said he wadna fight ower the boots in blude for your leddyship and Miss Edith, and the auld Tower ay suld he, and I would rather see him buried beneath it, than he suld gie way but thir ridings and wappenschawings, my leddy, I hae nae broo o' them ava. I can find nae warrant for them whatsoever."
He was ower deep in our secrets, that's true; and had it not been so, Stirling and Edinburgh Castles would have been baith in our hands by this time, or briefly hereafter, whilk is now scarce to be hoped for. But there are ower mony engaged, and far ower gude a cause to be gien up for the breath of a traitor's tale, and that will be seen and heard of ere it be lang.
Meg Kissock waited till she was at the door, and then, just as she was making her silent exit, she said: "Ye'll tak' as guid care o't as the ither yin ye fand. Ye can pit them baith thegither." Winsome took a step towards her as if with some purpose of indignant chastisement. But the red head and twinkling eyes of mischief vanished, and Winsome stood with the paper in her hand.
"Ye forget, serjint," he said softly, "that Miles an' Airmstrang are baith deed." "No, lad; no one can say they are certainly dead." "Aweel we canna exactly say it, but when ye consider o' the born deevils that have gotten haud o' them, we are entitled to think them deed ony way." "They are reported as `missing, that is all, and that is enough for me. You write down what I tell you, lad.
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