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It struck Miss Mackenzie as being an odd way to secure privacy for a privileged communication, to fasten the door of their room upon those inside. It was expressive, however. "Ye see, mem," began the landlady, "Wishart's no a very bad man jist weak in the heid like but's wife is jist something awfu', an' I could not let her bide in a decent lodging-house.
said Madame Beavor, reading the motto. "What do you say to that?" "Madame, there is no triumph for La Pologne!" Madame Beavor uttered a little peevish exclamation, and glanced in despair at her red-headed countryman. "Are you, too, a great politician, sir?" said she in English. "No, mem! I'm all for the ladies." "What does he say?" asked Madame Caumartin.
I cannot help it that many a good man good, that is, because he is growing better must then be reckoned in the list of the dishonest: he is in their number until he leaves it. Donal remaining silent, Ginevra presently returned him his own question: "How did you like the sermon, Donal?" "Div ye want me to say, mem?" he asked. "I do, Donal," she answered.
There were lacunae, too, when the shaking hand had achieved but a few weak zigzags before it desisted. The two last pages were scribbled over with sums or, to speak more correctly, with combinations of figures resembling sums. Here is a single example Ode to W. Bate To bacca 9 and 1/2d Haircutt 1s Bliddin ...... 18d. To more bacca Oct. 10th do. Ditto and shave ditto ditto Mem. do. to him 2s. 6d.
'Your pardon's begged, mem, said Archie, sourly turning to her; 'but as for that Peter body, the Lord keep me tongue fra' swearin', an' my hand from itching to gie him ain on the lug, when I think o' him. 'What's he been doing? asked Vandeloup, coolly. 'I am quite prepared to hear anything about him in his present state. 'It's just this, burst forth Archie, wrathfully.
"What's the matter?" the lady returned in a trembling voice, but not a little reassured at the sight, as she crossed the range of one of the lamps, of the face of a young girl. "Why doesn't the coachman go on?" "He canna, mem. The horse canna win throu the snaw.
He provides himself with a more magnificent cumberbund, enlarges the border of gold thread on his puggree, and furbishes up his English that he may converse pleasantly with mem saheb. He orders about the other servants with a fuller voice than before, and when anyone calls for a chair, he no longer brings one himself, but commands the hamal to do so. He feels supremely happy!
Whereas mine owne is voide of all offence, and I do lay it under the smocks in the great armoire only because it is not seemly that Sam'l should know my thoughts, I having to deal with him as best I may. Mem. To ask of Mrs Jemimah Crosby if her father, being a scrivener, knoweth and can instruct in secret writings.
Our hero was so much disobliged with certain circumstances of this amusing and instructing journal, that, by way of punishing the author, he interlined these words betwixt two paragraphs, in a manner that exactly resembled the tutor's handwriting: "Mem.
The old woman hesitated to tell, but after a little pressing she said, in half apologetic tone, "Weel, mem, it was na Ivor's fau't, but the day before yesterday he cam in fou ye ken he's fond o' his glass, mem, an' he was swingin' aboot his airms, poor falla, an' withoot the least intention, his haund cam doon wi' sik a ding on my heed that knockit me doon.
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