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"There's naething wrang wi' me," he said with cool reserve. "What dae you think is wrang?" "Ay, it's a' right, Jock," she said, speaking as one who knew he understood her question better than he pretended. "I can see as far through a brick wall as you can see through a whinstone dyke." "Maybe a bit farther, Mag," he said with a forced laugh, eyeing her coolly. "But what are you driving at?"
Kildrummie, still in search of agreeable themes to pass the time, also mentioned a pleasant tale he had gathered at the seed shop. The castle is foo' o' men tae say naethin' o' weemin; but it's little she hes tae dae wi' them or them wi' her officers frae Edinburgh an' writin' men frae London, as weel as half a dozen coonty birkies." "Well?" said Carmichael, despising himself for his curiosity.
"Dae you no'?" she cried now livid with anger and losing all control over her words and actions, her eyes flashing with maddened rage and the froth working from her lips. "I'll let you ken or no'. I'll tear the pented face off your new doll; and I'll sort you too, you dirty black brute that you are."
"She has worked away there as if she was gaun to clean the hale place, scrubbing oot the floor, although she washed yesterday; an' noo, she has on her Sunday best, wi' her new hat on too, an' she's awa' into Leebie Granger's. I wonner what'll hae ta'en her noo." "Guid kens," replied Phemie, "but she's fair off her heid. Dae ye ken she's just like a daft body.
"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 am living in my own home now in Ayrshire. It is lovely there just now almost as mild as summer. Won't you come down and pay me a little visit? It would do you a great deal of good. Teen laid down her heavy seam and stared at Gladys in genuine amazement, then gave a short, strange laugh. 'Ye're takin' a len' o' me, surely, she said. 'What wad ye dae if I took ye at yer word?
Ah ken whit ah want to dae," another coquettish toss of the roses, "but ah'm no so sure jist whit's best aboot merryin', ye ken." "Yes," said Elizabeth faintly. "He's tarrible took wi' me, mind ye," she looked archly at her listener, "but ah'm no sae saft as to be took wi' men, ma' lass. Ah've seen lots o' them in ma' day."
I assured him of the importance of his warnings, and acknowledged the various deprivations he had foretold. "Juist ae word afore we pairt," suddenly interjected a humble little elder who had never been known to speak before. "It's in my conscience, an' I want to pit it oot. We a' ken fine we haena been ower regular at the prayer meetin'; but we'll try to dae better in the time to come.
"Aweel, Miss Marjory," he said, "I'm thinkin' not. Seems to me that the bonnie flowers hae been gien us for a gude example. They aye bloom as best they can. Sunshine an' shade, rain an' wind, they tak them a' as God Almichty sends them, an' are aye sweet, an' aye content just to dae their best. I dinna ken for certain, Miss Marjory, but that's what I'm thinkin'." "I think so too, Peter.
"It took them a gude fower oors tae get across, an' it wes coorse wark; they likit him weel doon that wy, an', Jamie man" here Drumsheugh's voice changed its note, and his public manner disappeared "what div ye think o' this? every man o' them hes on his blacks." "It's mair than cud be expeckit," said Jamie; "but whar dae yon men come frae, Drumsheugh?"
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