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"Ay," said Sanders, digging his fingers critically into the grunting animal, "quite so." "Grumph," said the pig, getting reluctantly to his feet. "Ou, ay, yes," said Sanders thoughtfully. Then he sat down on the edge of the sty, and looked long and silently at an empty bucket.
I have done for settling my affairs all that any man much more than most men could have done, and they refuse a draught of £20, because, in mistake, it was £8 overdrawn. But what can be expected of a sow but a grumph? Wrought hard, hard. April 11. The parks were rouped for £100 a year more than they brought last year. Poor Abbotsford will come to good after all.
"Ay," said Sanders, digging his fingers critically into the grunting animal; "quite so." "Grumph," said the pig, getting reluctantly to his feet. "Ou, ay; yes," said Sanders, thoughtfully. Then he sat down on the edge of the sty, and looked long and silently at an empty bucket.
Viola's profuse thanks were crossed by Lady Diana's curt apologies; and as poor Piggy, who had genuinely overslept himself, entered with his apologies poor fellow in a voice very much as if he was trying to say "Grumph, grumph," while he could only say "Wee, wee," they were received solemnly by his uncle with, "The antipodes are a rebuke to you, Pigou.
"Ay," said Sanders, digging his fingers critically into the grunting animal; "quite so." "Grumph," said the pig, getting reluctantly to his feet. "Ou ay; yes," said Sanders, thoughtfully. Then he sat down on the edge of the sty, and looked long and silently at an empty bucket.
"If he had not had his morning in his head, and been but a Dumfries-shire hog into the boot, he would have spoken more like a gentleman. But you cannot have more of a sow but a grumph. It's a shame my father's knife should ever slash a haggis for the like of him."
I wud like to see the man that wud tak' me oot o' my present state." "He wudna need to be very parteeklar," says I, juist to gie Mysie a backca'; for she was sailin' gey near the wind, I thocht. "When I was young," I says, says I "Auld wives were aye gude maidens," the Gairner's wife strak in; an' I saw I was cornered, an' said nae mair. "An' a weeda man too!" said Mysie wi' a grumph.
"If he had not had his morning in his head, and been but a Dumfriesshire hog into the boot, he would have spoken more like a gentleman. But you cannot have more of a sow than a grumph. It's shame my father's knife should ever slash a haggis for the like of him."
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