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The short kilt, or petticoat, showed his sinewy and clean-made limbs; the goat-skin purse, flanked by the usual defences, a dirk and steel-wrought pistol, hung before him; his bonnet had a short feather, which indicated his claim to be treated as a Duinhe-wassel, or sort of gentleman; a broadsword dangled by his side, a target hung upon his shoulder, and a long Spanish fowling-piece occupied one of his hands.
The short kilt, or petticoat, showed his sinewy and clean-made limbs; the goatskin purse, flanked by the usual defences, a dirk and steel-wrought pistol, hung before him; his bonnet had a short feather, which indicated his claim to be treated as a duinhe-wassel, or sort of gentleman; a broadsword dangled by his side, a target hung upon his shoulder, and a long Spanish fowling-piece occupied one of his hands.
Ebenezer Cruickshanks; in which injunction the page seemed to acquiesce with an air of great indifference. 'Ta duinhe-wassel might please himsell; ta auld rudas loon had never done Callum nae ill. But here's a bit line frae ta Tighearna, tat he bade me gie your honour ere I came back.
'You shout, said a Highlander of a neighbouring clan to Evan Dhu, 'as if the Chieftain were just come to your head. 'O, then, it is the handsome Sassenach duinhe-wassel that is to be married to Lady Flora? 'That may be, or it may not be; and it is neither your matter nor mine, Gregor.
'You shout, said a Highlander of a neighbouring clan to Evan Dhu, 'as if the Chieftain were just come to your head. 'O, then, it is the handsome Sassenach duinhe-wassel that is to be married to Lady Flora? 'That may be, or it may not be; and it is neither your matter nor mine, Gregor.
Ebenezer Cruickshanks; in which injunction the page seemed to acquiesce with an air of great indifference. 'Ta duinhe-wassel might please himsell; ta auld rudas loon had never done Callum nae ill. But here's a bit line frae ta Tighearna, tat he bade me gie your honour ere I came back.
As for their coin, every one knows the couplet 'How can the rogues pretend to sense? And now the report of a gun was heard, and a sportsman was seen, with his dogs and attendant, at the upper end of the glen. 'Shough, said Dugald Mahony, 'tat's ta Chief. 'It is not, said Evan imperiously. 'Do you think he would come to meet a Sassenach Duinhe-wassel in such a way as that?
The short kilt, or petticoat, showed his sinewy and clean-made limbs; the goatskin purse, flanked by the usual defences, a dirk and steel-wrought pistol, hung before him; his bonnet had a short feather, which indicated his claim to be treated as a duinhe-wassel, or sort of gentleman; a broadsword dangled by his side, a target hung upon his shoulder, and a long Spanish fowling-piece occupied one of his hands.
'You shout, said a Highlander of a neighbouring clan to Evan Dhu, 'as if the Chieftain were just come to your head. 'O, then, it is the handsome Sassenach duinhe-wassel that is to be married to Lady Flora? 'That may be, or it may not be; and it is neither your matter nor mine, Gregor.
After journeying a considerable time in silence, he could not help asking, 'Was it far to the end of their journey? 'Ta cove was tree, four mile; but as duinhe-wassel was a wee taiglit, Donald could, tat is, might would should send ta curragh. This conveyed no information.
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