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"Hoo am I temptin' at her, mem?" "That's plain to half an e'e. Ir ye no lattin' her live believin' a lee? Ir ye no allooin' her to gang on as gien she was somebody mair nor mortal, when ye ken she's nae mair Marchioness o' Lossie nor ye're the son o' auld Duncan MacPhail? Faith, ye ha'e lost trowth gien ye ha'e gaint the warl' i' the cheenge o' forbeirs!" "Mint at naething again the deid, mem.
"And isn't your master's name W-?" "No, sir, my master's name is H-, and a more respectable man " "Well," said I interrupting her "all I can say is that I met a man in Dyffryn Gaint, who treated me with ale, told me that his name was W-, that he was a prydydd and kept the Arms at L-."
"My master make them? No, sir; my master is a religious gentleman, and would scorn to make such profane stuff." "Well," said I, "he told me he did within the last two hours. I met him at Dyffrin Gaint, along with another man, and he took me into the public-house, where we had a deal of discourse." "You met my master at Dyffryn Gaint?" said the damsel.
"'O Pig-un-a-wa-ya, Pig-un-a-wa-ya, hooo-hooo! "Den, gemmun, yer oughten seed dat race; dem birds dey done dey leb'l bes', but Nancy Jane O, spite er all dey could do, she gaint on 'em, an' ole Pigunawaya he sot up dar, an' he kep' er urg'n an' er urg'n Nancy Jane O. "'Dat's you! sezee; 'git erhead! sezee.
But he'll be like his great Father, and forgie us baith!" As soon as Maggie had given the child to his mother, she went to her father, and sat down beside him, crying softly. He turned on his leather stool, and looked at her. "Canna ye rejice wi' them that rejice, noo that ye hae nane to greit wi', Maggie, my doo?" he said. "Ye haena lost ane, and ye hae gaint twa!
"I believe you are an Englishman, sir," said the man in grey, speaking English, "I will therefore take the liberty of answering your question in the English tongue. The name of this place is Dyffryn Gaint." "Thank you," said I; "you are quite right with regard to my being an Englishman, perhaps you are one yourself?" "Sir," said the man in grey, "I have not the honour to be so.
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