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This was a tough true-blue Presbyterian, called Deans, who, though most obnoxious to the Laird on account of principles in church and state, contrived to maintain his ground upon the estate by regular payment of mail-duties, kain, arriage, carriage, dry multure, lock, gowpen, and knaveship, and all the various exactions now commuted for money, and summed up in the emphatic word rent.
Above all, she could not understand why, since she had acquaintances in the family, and since the Dame Glendinning had always paid her multure and knaveship duly, the said lass of the mill had not come in to rest herself and eat a morsel, and tell her the current news of the water. These very objections satisfied the monk that his conjectures were right.
"And I marvel thy knaveship knows him not on professional acquaintance," replied Ramorny; "but I see thy nose is unslit, thy ears yet uncropped, and if thy shoulders are scarred or branded, thou art wise for using a high collared jerkin." "He, he! your honour is pleasant," said the mediciner.
This was a tough true-blue Presbyterian, called Deans, who, though most obnoxious to the Laird on account of principles in church and state, contrived to maintain his ground upon the estate by regular payment of mail-duties, kain, arriage, carriage, dry multure, lock, gowpen, and knaveship, and all the various exactions now commuted for money, and summed up in the emphatic word rent.
"Nonsense, monsieur; you know perfectly well His Majesty is not in Dornlitz." "The Duke of Lotzen and the American Archduke, then." She laughed. "Very likely; very likely, indeed!" "Mademoiselle is pleased to ridicule." "And monsieur is pleased to affect ignorance." "Of what?" I asked. "When did your Knaveship come to Dornlitz?" "Very recently." "You must be a very stupid diplomat."
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