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"Sae what dis he dae, think ye? He havers for a whilie on the errors o' the day, and syne he says, 'That's what man says, but what says the Apostle Paul? When a man hes naethin' tae say he's aye lang, and a've seen him gie half an oor o' passages, and anither half oor o' havers.
You might have come a little quicker, that's all I've got to say. "'We've mair tae dae in Drumtochty than attend tae every bairn that hes a sair stomach, and a' saw MacLure wes roosed. "'I'm astonished to hear you speak. Our doctor at home always says to Mrs. 'Opps, "Look on me as a family friend, Mrs. 'Opps, and send for me though it be only a headache."
"We'll have to do without it, then," said the Count, "but you must show me the way to this shrieking woman." "A' richt," said Mungo, "mind yer feet!" He passed before the Count and cautiously led him up to the passage where the woman's cries, a little less vehement, were still to be heard. "There ye are! and muckle gude may it dae ye," he said, stopping at a door and pushing it open.
My Tom say dae boy don' know who is his mammy ner his daddy. I ain' gwine to let my little mistis play wid no sech trash, I tell you 'deed I ain't!" And this talk would reach the drawing-room by and by, where the General was telling the family, at just about the same hour, the story of the horse sale and Chad's purchase of the old brood mare. "I knew where he was from right away," said Harry.
'Scoot hame an' tell yer mither, an' we'll wait for ye here, said stage-manager William. 'I wudna trust you . . . but I think I could trust him. 'Oh, we'll wait sure enough, Macgregor said indifferently. 'I'll risk it! she cried, and straightway departed. Willie grinned at his friend. 'What dae ye think o' fat Maggie? he said.
"They 'ill dae their best, every man o' them, ye may depend on that, an' hed it been open weather there wudna hev been six able-bodied men missin'. "A' wes mad at them, because they never said onything when he wes leevin', but they felt for a' that what he hed dune, an', a' think, he kent it afore he deed.
Against the tyrant that has abused his trust, an' upset oor constitution, an' broken a' the laws o' God and man, I count it to be my bounden duty to fecht wi' swurd an' lip as lang's I hae an airm to strike an' a tongue to wag. Noo, ye may dae yer warst!" At a signal the executioner promptly fitted the boot to the bold man's right leg.
A've naither wife nor bairns o' ma own, an' a coont a' the fouk o' the Glen ma family. Div ye think a' wudna save Annie if I cud? If there wes a man in Muirtown 'at cud dae mair for her, a'd have him this verra nicht, but a' the doctors in Perthshire are helpless for this tribble.
"That's why they pit on their blacks this mornin' afore it wes licht, and wrastled through the sna drifts at risk o' life. Drumtochty fouk canna say muckle, it's an awfu' peety, and they 'ill dae their best tae show naethin', but a' can read it a' in their een.
'I dinna need to undress for to gi'e ye a hammerin', if that's what ye're efter. But I'm no gaun to dae it here. We'd baith get into trouble. 'Ye're henny, said Willie. Macgregor was more puzzled than angry. Here was Willie positively asking for a punching in public! 'What's wrang wi' ye, Wullie? he asked in a lowered voice. 'Wait till we get oor next leave. The chaps here'll jist laugh at ye.
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