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"There was the lawsuit to be ended," said Jenny readily, "forby many other family arrangements." "Na, but," said Cuddie, "there was another reason forby; for the young leddy " "Whisht, hand your tongue, and sup your sowens," said his wife; "I see the gentleman's far frae weel, and downa eat our coarse supper. I wad kill him a chicken in an instant."
"Do you not think," said the lady to Martin, still clasping her child to her bosom and making it clear from what motives she desired the refuge, "that Dame Glendinning will make us welcome?" "Blithely welcome, blithely welcome, my leddy," answered Martin, cheerily, "and we shall deserve a welcome at her hand.
Answer me that, my leddy! 'I do own myself beaten, says she, 'and I retract my words. 'Say nae mair, yer leddyship! says I for I'm no a cruel man 'say nae mair, but maybe ye'll hae the justice for tae say a word tae the same effeck in the Castle whaur ye spak yestreen? 'I promise you I will, said the dowager 'here, take the rod! Weel, it was no sae muckle a fush as was Leddy Carline's.
"I beg leave to introduce," said Geordie, bowing low, "to yer lordship, the sheriff wha has dune us the honour to receive us at this time in sae safe a place as the jail, whar we are perfectly free frae a' interruption his honour, Ludovic Brodie, Esq. o' Birkiehaugh, and her highness, Louise Grecourt, a French leddy o' repute.
With one problem forever solved, he was absorbed in another. "Leddy drinks, eats, waits!" whispered Firio. "If we try to go they hunt us down!" "Yes," said Jack. "And we not go, eh? We stay? We fight?" "For water, Firio, yes! Two against seven!" "Sí!" Firio had no illusions about the situation. "Sí!" he repeated stoically.
She hurried to meet him and was grievously disappointed when she found out it was Mrs. Carew. But she boldly went up to Stefan. "Hello! Stefan!" she said. "Where did you leave your passenger of this morning?" "Hello! Sophy!" he answered, placidly. "I leaf de yong leddy vhere she ban going, I tank." "She isn't coming back to-night?" "Mebbe yes, mebbe no," he answered, grabbing Mrs.
"I dinna believe it was him, my leddy," said Jenny, as confidently as if she had been saying her catechism; "he was a little black man, that." "You must have been blind, Jenny," said the Major: "Henry Morton is tall and fair, and that youth is the very man." "I had ither thing ado than be looking at him," said Jenny, tossing her head; "he may be as fair as a farthing candle, for me."
"Yes, Rose Cameron. There have been such crowds of people on the island today to inspect the decorations, that I thought I thought " "As that handsome jaud might be amang 'em, me leddy? Ou, ay, and sae she waur! But when I caught her prowling about here, I sent Mr. McRath to warn her off the place, and threaten her wi' the constable gin she didna gang!" said the housekeeper.
"How dare you?" she said, her breed well obeying the call of the game. "I'm verra sorry, my leddy," faltered Malcolm, trying to steady himself against a strange trembling that had laid hold upon him, " but ye maun alloo it was a' yer ain wyte." "Do you dare to say 1 encouraged you to talk such stuff to me?" "Ye did gar me, my leddy."
But Bruce did not like the influence that James Dow had with her; and before they retired for the night, he had another lecture ready for Annie. "Annie," he said, "it's no becomin' for ane i' your station to be sae familiar. Ye'll be a young leddy some day, and it's no richt to tak up wi' servan's.
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