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"O, whisht, my bairn, whisht," replied Mause; "thou kensna about thae things It was forbidden meat, things dedicated to set days and holidays, which are inhibited to the use of protestant Christians." "And now," continued her son, "ye hae brought the leddy hersell on our hands!
She was too well accustomed to imprecations from the lips of her husband for any but an affected horror, but, regarding the honest word as a bad one, she assumed an air of injury. "Wad ye daur to sweir afore a leddy?" she exclaimed, shaking her uplifted hands in pretence of ghasted astonishment. "If Mr.
"And, Edie where would ye go?" said the young lady. "Our business, Edie? Alas! I give you all credit for your good meaning; but" "There's nae buts about it, my leddy, for gang I maun," said the persevering Blue-Gown. "But what is it that you would do at Tannonburgh? or how can your going there benefit my father's affairs?"
Then he turned to Bryde "You will be a stronger man than your father, and he wass a fine man, but you would kill a man too. Yes, but we will not be talking of killing when it's the lassies you will be thinking about, and I'm hearing the southern leddy is very chief with you," and he sniggered and went out. "God's blood," said Hugh in a white rage, "do you let any drunken rogue blackguard a lady?"
'The auld witch hasna gotten a grup o' her again? cried the shoemaker, starting half up in alarm. 'She cam here to me aboot the shune, but I reckon I sortit her! 'I winna speir what ye said, returned Robert. 'It's no maitter noo. And the tears rose to his eyes. His bonny lady! 'The Lord guide 's! exclaimed the soutar. 'What is the maitter wi' the bonnie leddy?
I married the creature and brought her to this castle, which she has dishonored. And here, me leddy, he gave the poleeceman an exaggerated account of the finding of Frisbie in your leddyship's room. And then he rang the bell, and sent for the player bodie and her friend, who cam' in and confeermed a' that he tauld the poleeceman.
Twa knocks at the door and an unco trouble in opening it, after that is joost the least ye can do for them! Whar' do ye think, noo, I'll set the places for you and your leddy there?" Anne walked away to the window, in undisguised disgust. Arnold found Mr. Bishopriggs to be quite irresistible. He answered, humoring the joke, "One at the top and one at the bottom of the table, I suppose?"
"Nearer than ye thought," was MacGregor's reply; "but he seemed rather in some shape to jalouse your speaking to the young leddy; and so you see" "There was no occasion for jealousy," I answered, with some haughtiness; "I should not have intruded on his privacy."
"Is there nothing to be done for him?" she said compassionately. "No upo' this side the grave, I doobt, my leddy," answered Malcolm. Here coming to herself the girl became aware of her support, and laid her hand on Malcolm's to remove his arm. He obeyed instantly, and she said nothing.
Their supper arrived from below, and, each on one side of the fire, they ate the porridge, conversing all the while about old times for the youngest life has its old times, its golden age and old adventures, Dooble Sanny, Betty, &c., &c. There were but two subjects which Robert avoided Miss St. John and the Bonnie Leddy.
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