United States or Haiti ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"Na, na, Jeanie," replied her sister sorrowfully, "ye hae forgotten what I am a banished outlawed creature, scarce escaped the gallows by your being the bauldest and the best sister that ever lived I'll gae near nane o' your grand friends, even if there was nae danger to me." "There is nae danger there shall be nae danger," said Jeanie eagerly.
"Here, guards!" cried Sir Gideon; "lead forth William Scott o' Harden to execution. Strap him upon the nearest tree, an' there let him hang until the bauldest Scott upon the Borders dare to cut him down. As for you," added he, addressing Simon, "I seek not your life; depart, ye are free; but beware hoo ye again fall into the hands o' Gideon Murray."
To-morrow morning, ye shall either marry my daughter Meg, or swing from the branch o' the nearest tree, and the bauldest Scott upon the Borders shanna tak ye down, until ye drop away, bone by bone, a fleshless skeleton."
"Na, na, Jeanie," replied her sister sorrowfully, "ye hae forgotten what I am a banished outlawed creature, scarce escaped the gallows by your being the bauldest and the best sister that ever lived I'll gae near nane o' your grand friends, even if there was nae danger to me." "There is nae danger there shall be nae danger," said Jeanie eagerly.
Nicholas's clerks." "Alas!" said she, "I do not understand what you mean." "I mean, if ye fall among thieves, my precious, that is a Scripture phrase, if ye will hae ane the bauldest of them will ken a scart o' my guse feather. And now awa wi' ye and stick to Argyle; if onybody can do the job, it maun be him."
Nicholas's clerks." "Alas!" said she, "I do not understand what you mean." "I mean, if ye fall among thieves, my precious, that is a Scripture phrase, if ye will hae ane the bauldest of them will ken a scart o' my guse feather. And now awa wi' ye and stick to Argyle; if onybody can do the job, it maun be him."
Word Of The Day