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Either give me an answer in civility, and that out of hand; or, by the top of Glencoe, I will ram three feet of iron through your vitals." "Eh, man," cried my uncle, scrambling to his feet, "give me a meenit! What's like wrong with ye? I'm just a plain man and nae dancing-master; and I'm trying to be as ceevil as it's morally possible. As for that wild talk, it's fair disrepitable.

They were puir, feckless bodies, the twa o' them, and would scarce gie an answer tae a ceevil question, though they could clack lood eneugh when they had a mind. Weel, weeks passed into months and a' things grew waur instead o' better in the Hall.

'A' four o' them, I think, returned Miss Letty, as the horse, notwithstanding, or perhaps in consequence of his fatigue, began to paw and move about on the stones impatiently. The rider had not yet spoken. 'He'll be efter some o' 's deevil-ma'-care sculduddery. But jist rin to the door, Letty, or Lizzy 'll be there afore ye, and maybe she wadna be ower ceevil. What can he be efter noo?

It's a simple thing that I demand, Though humble as can be A statement fair in my Maker's hand To a gentleman like me A clean account, writ fair and broad, And a plain apologee Or deevil a ceevil word to God From a gentleman like me. But why this irony?

"Speak ceevily, an ey win gi' yo a ceevil answer," rejoined Jem, in a surly tone; "boh ey'm nah to be browbeaten." "First, then, is your hut in sight?" asked Potts. "Neaw," replied Jem. "But you can point out its situation, I suppose?" pursued the attorney. "Sartinly ey con," replied Jem, without heeding a significant glance cast at him by the reeve.

"I'se beholden to you, and thank you, sir," said the young man, with some haughtiness of manner, which hardly corresponded with his rusticity; "and I wuss your health in a ceevil way." Most judicious persons would have here dropped the conversation; but it was one of Wildrake's marked peculiarities, that he could never let matters stand when they were well.

It would be a fine thing to have a little home for yourself there, and Maggie to look after your comfort. You would study better." "I wad do naething o' the sort. I wad be keepit back by ony woman. There is many a ceevil word to say to them, that is just time and strength ta'en from study. Maggie kens weel, that when I hae my kirk, she'll be first and foremost wi' me.

There was a knock at the cottage door, and presently Mrs. Morran appeared. "It's the man frae the inn," she announced. "He's wantin' a word wi' ye. Speakin' verra ceevil, too." "Tell him to come up," said Dickson. He might as well get the interview over. Dobson had seen Loudon and must know of their conversation.

"It must be very vexatious to see her so much noticed, and be yourself so much neglected very vexatious, indeed I quite feel for you." "By dunna want your feelin'," replied Jennet, nettled by the remark; "boh it wasna my sister os made me ill." "Who was it then, my little dear," said Potts. "Dunna 'dear' me," retorted Jennet; "yo're too ceevil by half, os the lamb said to the wolf.

"No exactly, Sir Marmaduke," answered Geordie; "the last time I ca'ed on her leddyship, she asked me what I wanted. I didna think it quite ceevil, and I haena gane back; but I canna deny that she paid me handsomely for the last thing I carried for her. She's a fine leddy, Sir Marmaduke, and meikle credit to ye."