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"We're a' but bairns comin' back to oor Faither's hoose; God loves ye mair than either yir faither or me, I'm near the kingdom, an' I ken." "My son, my laddie," it was his father's broken voice, "let us tak' the feast thegither. I'm a puir prodigal masel' but the door is open wide, an' we'll baith come hame to God." "I'll tak' it frae ma mither's hands," said Robin.
There was a fine sharp frost the other nicht, and I observed the rime lying upon the kail; so that baith greens and savoys will be as tender as a weel-boiled three-month-auld chicken; and I say, therefore, let the beef be boiled, and let them hae ladlefu's o' kail, and ye will find, sir, that instead o' a hail bullock, even if ye intend to feast auld and young, male and female, upon the lands o' Oakwood, a quarter o' a bullock will be amply sufficient, and the rest can be sauted doun for winter's provisions.
And they'll baith stan' efter you an' me's laid i' the mouls. It's weel kent forbye that ye hae a bit siller i' the bank, and I hae none." "Not a bawbee hae I, George. I can pray for my daily breid wi' an honest hert; for gin the Lord dinna sen' 't, I hae nae bank to fa' back upo'." "I'm sorry to hear 't, Thamas," said George.
'They'll hae't a'! They'll hae't a'! cried she, wringing her hands; 'a'! they'll hae' a', an' hell wi't, an' they'll get them baith. 'Aweel, that's aye some satisfaction, quo I." "Whom did she mean by the Ringans, do you know?" "I fancy they are some creatures that she has dreamed about, for I think there canna be as ill folks living as she ca's them."
Presently, swinging his legs over the side of the cot with a weary sigh, he proceeded to fill his pipe. He was a thick-set, grey-eyed fair man about thirty, with a stolid, though shrewd, clean-shaven face. "Best ye stickit tae wha' ye ca' 'English, auld mon!" he remarked irritably, "Baith yersel' an' yer plurry pairrut. . . . Ou ay, I ken! D'ye ken John Peel?
"Me ken or care for him, ye spiritless coofs, ye!" she replied; "gae tell him that Madge Gordon defies him and a' his men, as she despises you, and wad shake the dirt frae her shoon at baith the ane and the other o' ye.
"Doubtless it is natural, after having toiled with the slaves in Barbadoes for so many years. The work was kill or cure out there. But tell me my mother and yours?" "Oh, they're baith weel and hearty, thank the Lord," answered Black. "But what for d'ye no speer after Jean?" he added in a somewhat disappointed tone. "Because I don't need to. I've seen her already, and know that she is well."
"Oh, yes, Bob, but that's no fair, for naebody counts craw's nests and fox holes, and then you live in the country at Belle-haven where ye have the best chance." "Yes, but I ken a lot of bumbee's nests, baith the red-legged and the yellow-legged kind." "Oh, wha cares for bumbee's nests!" "Weel, but here's something!
'I hae little fear, pursued Kirsty, 'but we'll get her frae the drink a'thegither, and the houp is we may get something better putten intil her. Bein fou whiles, isna the main difficulty. But I beg yer pardon, Francie! I maunna forget 'at she's your mother! 'Gien ye wud but tak her and me thegither, Kirsty, it wud be a gran' thing for baith o' 's!
No one man could manage your gerden, and it canna be managed without some clever chiel, what understands the sceence." "The what?" "The sceence, your honor." "Why, confound you, sir, what science is necessary in gardening?" "I tell your honor that the management of a gerden requires baith skeel and knowledge, and feelosophy." "Why, confound you, sir, again, what kind of doctrine is this?"
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