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"Gang ye hame, Annie, my bairn," said he, talking Scotch now, "and dinna trouble yer heid about election, and a' that. It's no' a canny doctrine. No mortal man could ever win at the boddom o' 't. I'm thinkin' we haena muckle to do w' 't. Gang hame, dawtie, and say yer prayers to be preserved frae the wiles o' Sawtan. There 's a sixpence to ye."
"Ye haena that censorious body, Lachlan Campbell, wi' ye the nicht," thrusting his head in on the thirds. "There's naething Peter disna ken," Hillocks remarked with admiration afterwards; "he's as gude as the Advertiser." When Flora had come home, and Drumtochty resumed freedom of criticism, I noticed for the first time a certain vacillation in its treatment of Lachlan.
"I know that as well as you," replied Lady Joan. "Na, ye canna du that,'cause ye haena kent him sae lang." "Will you tell me why you would not marry him?" "For ae thing,'cause he likit you better nor me, only he thoucht ye was merried, an' he didna like lattin' me gang frae the hoose." "Thank you, Agnes," said Joan, with a smile nothing less than heavenly. "He was so obstinate!"
A' ken yir wullin' tae dae 't a'; but a' haena mony pleasures, an' a' wud like tae hae ma ain share in savin' Annie's life." Next morning a figure received Sir George on the Kildrummie platform, whom that famous surgeon took for a gillie, but who introduced himself as "MacLure of Drumtochty."
"Weel, Mr Mowbray," said Mr Adair, "I'll tell ye what it is: although I certainly haena a' the knowledge o' ye that is, regarding yoursel and your affairs that I maybe hae a richt to insist on haein before giein ye the haun o' my dochter and this for a' the time that ye hae been under my roof yet, as in that time noo, I think, something owre twa year gane by yer conduct has aye been that o' a gentleman, in a' respects sober, discreet, and reglar; most exemplary, I maun say; and, as I am satisfied that ye hae the means o' supportin a wife, in a decent way, no to say that there may be muckle owre either, I really think I can hae nae reasonable objections to gie ye Rosy after a'."
As to the rest, I charged him to observe the strictest silence upon the subject of his alarm, and he might rely upon it I would not incur any serious danger without due precaution. He followed me with a dejected air into the house, observing between his teeth, "Man suld be served afore beast I haena had a morsel in my mouth, but the rough legs o' that auld muircock, this haill blessed day."
He has a gude heart, puir Robin; and though I lost a matter o' twa hundred punds wi' his former engagements, and haena muckle expectation ever to see back my thousand punds Scots that he promises me e'enow, yet I will never say but what Robin means fair by men." "I am then to consider him," I replied, "as an honest man?"
"Here, Grizzie!" said Cosmo; "here's the auchteen pence ye gae me for expences: say ye're pleased I haena waured it. Jist a word wi' ye, Grizzie! Luik here only dinna tell!" He had drawn her aside to the corner where stood the meal-chest, and now showed her a bunch of banknotes. So many she had never seen not to say in a bunch, but scattered over all her life!
And weel ye may, for it's you that's been motherin him ever since I lost my wits! It's true I ran awa' and left him; but ever sin' syne, I hae soucht him carefully wi' tears! And ye maunna beir me ony ill will for there!" she added, holding him out to Maggie! "I haena kissed him yet! no ance!
"I'm dreidfu' tired o' lyin' here i' my bed," said Malcolm at length when, neither desiring to carry the conversation further, a pause had intervened. "I dinna ken what I want. Whiles I think its the sun, whiles the win', and whiles the watter. But I canna rist. Haena ye a bit ballant ye could say till me Mr Graham? There's naething wad quaiet me like a ballant."
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