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"I'm gauin to see whether the shirra winna be perswaudit to hang ye," answered the shepherd. "This maun be putten a stap till. Quaiet! or I'll brain ye, an' save him the trouble. Here, Janet, fess yer pot o' pitawtas. I'm gauin to toom the man's gun.
While the morning meal was being dispensed the anxious little woman thrust a bite or two into her own mouth, and ate as she moved about. Then she told the old people she was "gauin' up the lum to look aboot her." Without more ado she dipped into the fireplace and disappeared up the chimney. Her surprise on reaching this point of vantage was very great.
Ye sud be cled in white an' gowd, an' a' colours o' stanes, like the new Jerooslem ye tell sic tales aboot, an' syne naebody wad mistak the news ye bring." Therewith Donal walked on, doubtless for the moment a little relieved. But before they had walked far, he broke down altogether. "Gibbie," he said, "yon rascal's gauin' to merry the leddy-lass! an' it drives me mad to think it.
"Peter was to take you home with him!" "I garred him think I was gauin'," answered the boy, scratching his red poll, which glowed in the dusk. "I gave him your wages," said Malcolm. "Ay, he tauld me that, but I loot them gang an' gae him the slip, an' was ashore close ahint yersel', sir, jist as the smack set sail.
'Francie, rejoined Kirsty, very quietly and solemnly, 'ye're yer mother's keeper; ye're her neist neebour: are ye gauin to du yer duty by her, or are ye not? 'I canna; I daurna; I'm a cooard afore her. 'Gien ye lat her gang on to disgrace yer father, no to say yersel and that by means o' what's yours and no hers, I'll say mysel 'at ye're a cooard.
"Hoots! ye'll jist lea' the troot wi' me. Ye'll be seekin' a saxpence for 't, I reckon," she persisted, again approaching the basket. "I tell ye, Mistress Catanach," said Malcolm, drawing back now in the fear that if she once had it she would not yield it again, "it's gauin' up to the Hoose!" "Hoots! there's naebody there seen 't yet. It's new oot o' the watter."
Whan a body disna ken yer wull, she's jist driven to distraction. Thoo knows, my Maister, as weel's I can tell ye, 'at gien ye said till me, 'That man's gauin' to cut yer thro't: tak the tows frae him, an' lat him up, I wad rin to dee't. It's no revenge, Lord; it's jist 'at I dinna ken. The man's dune me no ill, 'cep' as he's sair hurtit yer bonnie Gibbie.
'What ither anes? asked his mother. 'There can be nane there but yer ain lane sel! 'Ay, there 's a' the lave o' 's, he rejoined, with a wan smile. The mother looked at him with something almost of fear in her eyes of love. 'Steenie has company we ken little aboot, said Kirsty. 'I whiles think I wud gie him my wits for his company. 'Ay, the bonny man! murmured Steenie. I maun be gauin!
He's gauin' to lea' us a', an' gang hame till 's ain, an' I canna bide 'at he sud grow strange-like to hiz 'at ha'e kenned him sae lang." I mayna aye be able to du jist what ye wad like; but lippen ye to me: I s' be fair to ye. An' noo I want Blue Peter to gang wi' me, an' help me to what I ha'e to du gien ye ha'e nae objection to lat him."
"Weel, mem, I maun hae the room neist the auld warlock's, ony gait, for in that I'm gauin' to sleep, an' in nae ither in a' this muckle hoose." Mrs Courthope rose, full of uneasiness, and walked up and down the room. "I'm takin' upo' me naething ayont his lordship's ain word," urged Malcolm.
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