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"No, my lord," answered Miss Horn. "Then what the devil," roared the marquis, "do you mean by coming to me with such a cock and bull story." "There 's naither cock craw nor bill rair intill 't my lord. There 's but ane kens a' the truth o' 't, an' she 's the awfu'es leear oot o' purgatory no 'at I believe in purgatory, but it 's the langer an' lichter word to mak' use o'." "Who is she?"
Gien onybody ever said it, mak ye speed and get yer health again, and syne ye can shaw him plain 'at he's a leear. 'But I tell ye, Kirsty, I ran awa! 'I fancy ye wud hae been naething but a muckle idiot gien ye hadna! Ye didna ley onybody in trouble! did ye noo? 'No a sowl 'at I ken o'. Na, I didna do that. The fac was but nae blame to them they a' gaed awa and left me my lane, sleepin.
For of all his exploits which had delighted the Seminary, none, for its wonder and daring, its sheer amazingness, could be compared with a stolen visit to Bulldog's rabbits. "Nestie," he murmured to himself, as he remembered that little Englishman's prodigal imagination, "is a maist extraordinary leear, but he said 'as sure as death." "Why, Speug, is that you? You ought to have opened the door.
"I said I would say ye had; and if ye like to nay-say me when ye come back, it'll no mateerially maitter, for my chara'ter's clean gane a'ready past reca'." "O, Dand, are ye a leear?" she asked, lingering. "Folks say sae," replied the bard. "Wha says sae?" she pursued. "Them that should ken the best," he responded. "The lassies, for ane." "But, Dand, you would never lee to me?" she asked.
"Me, impudent? how daur ye speak against my charackter, that's kenned for decency o' baith sides the Firrth." "Oh, ye're sly enough to beguile the men, but we ken ye." Christie. If ye're no ben your hoose in ae minute, I'll say that will gar Liston Carnie fling ye ower the pier-head, ye fool-moothed drunken leear Scairt!"* *A local word; a corruption from the French Sortez.
'Nae man, he declared, as if addressing an audience, 'calls me that twicet! 'Wudna be worth his while, said his friend, carelessly. 'I challenge ye to repeat it. The tone of the words caused Macgregor to stare, but he said calmly enough: 'Either ye was a leear the nicht ye enlisted, or ye're a leear noo. Ye can tak' yer choice. 'An' you can tak' aff yer coat!
A salmon-fisher showed us how to rub Nestie till he came round, and ... he smiled to us, and said, 'I'm all right; sorry to trouble you chaps. Then we ran down as hard as we could lick, and ... that's all, sir." "Ye're a leear, Duncan Robertson," suddenly broke out Speug, goaded beyond endurance; "ye helpit oot Nestie yirself, an' ye're ... as muckle tae blame as me."
Morran," said Dickson impressively, "is whether you think there's anything in that boy's story?" "I think it's maist likely true. He's a terrible impident callant, but he's no' a leear." "Then you think that a gang of ruffians have got two lone women shut up in that house for their own purposes?" "I wadna wonder." "But it's ridiculous! This is a Christian and law-abiding country.
A lee's a lee whether the leear be a leear or no! I hae dune. She did not speak another word to him save to bid him good-night. In the beginning of the year, a rumour went about the country that the laird had been seen at the castle, but it died away. David pondered, but asked no questions, and Mrs. Bremner volunteered no information.
Nae hittin' ablow the belt. By this time Macgregor was beginning to feel amused. The sight of Willie and himself in the big gloves tickled him. 'Come on, Wullie, he called cheerfully. 'Am I a leear? Willie demanded. 'Ye are! but ye canna help it. 'I can if I like! yelled Willie, losing his head. 'Tak' that!
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